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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe

Nazis and normality: UK directors unsettle Cannes with films tackling ‘unseen’ evil

Director Steve McQueen promoting his film Occupied City in Cannes.
Director Steve McQueen promoting his film Occupied City, which explores the legacy of Nazi-held Amsterdam, at the 76th international film festival, Cannes. Photograph: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer, two of Britain’s most admired and daring film directors, have disturbed Cannes audiences with a pair of extraordinary films that confront Europe’s murderous fascist past.

The directors, working independently on different projects about Nazi atrocities, both say they were prompted by the growth of political extremism and prejudice.

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