The 2025 Lumière Film Festival reached its climax Friday night with the presentation of its top honor, the Prix Lumière, to Michael Mann , celebrating the filmmaker of “Ali,” “Heat” and “The Insider.”

The ceremony kicked off with a surprise message from Quentin Tarantino, projected on the Amphithéâtre’s giant screen. “It seems we have a message from someone,” said Lumière festival director and Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux, introducing an email from Tarantino – one of the first Prix Lumière laureates, honored back in 2013 – welcoming Mann “into the club.”

As he took to the stage to receive his award from the hands of 2024 laureate Isabelle Huppert, Mann was visibly moved. “Now I know why so many directors like Clint Eastwood and Tim Burton are speechless when they come up here. This is

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