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Sat 05 May 2004The state of the partiesForget the films - at Cannes the parties are rated on a scale of martinis. Michael Dwyer attended some, purely in the line of dutySix film trade papers are published daily at Cannes and distributed free, and most of them carry charts on which international critics give star ratings to the films in competition at the festival. One of the publications, the Hollywood Reporter, goes a step further and reviews the many parties held at Cannes every night, awarding them ratings on a scale of zero to five martinis.