As the Cannes Film Festival officially opened on May 12, the small coastal town became even more bustling. Reporters ran back and forth between press points, tirelessly collecting eye-catching news, gossip, and anecdotes with cameras and video equipment. Stars from around the world were unusually generous in allowing photographs and interviews to promote themselves or the films they were in.
Compared to the United States, Adrian's fame in Europe was somewhat lesser. After all, besides "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," the other two works also took place in the United States. The general European audience preferred the more commercial American films, while the self-proclaimed artistic critics thought these two films lacked artistic merit.
