This, along with the Palais, were built over the place of "The Winter Casino" which acted as the host venue to the failed original attempt to host the festival in 1939. That year only saw one film screening before the festival was called off on account of rain - wait, no - it was war. World War II started that, meaning Quasimodo was the only movie screened at Cannes in 1939, right here on this very spot.
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