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Tue 05 May 2007A heart of darkness at CannesThe sun is beating down on the Festival de Cannes, but inside the screening rooms it's a very dark affair, writes Michael DwyerIt has often been remarked that the people who return suntanned from the Festival de Cannes are those who didn't do any work. This year, however, the sun has been so strong every day and the queues for most screenings are so long that we are all getting sunburned just standing in line. How we suffer for our art.