French social theme movie La Roi Du Marche screened at Cannes

As the 68th Festival de Cannes (Cannes Film Festival) entered its 6th day, French director Stephane Brize's La Loi Du Marche (The Measure of A Man) was screened Monday to compete for the top prize Palme d'Or.

In the movie La Loi Du Marche, Thierry lost his factory job at the age of 51 because his boss wanted to move the production abroad. Going through humiliating interviews and training programs, Thierry started to work after 20 months on unemployment in a supermarket as a security guard, which soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma.

Speaking of using a lot of non professional actors in his movie, Brize said he wanted to film the truth and the reality.

"When you prepare a movie, you wonder what the best way of achieving your goals might be. The best solution was to have a highly experienced actor, plus non professionals," explained the director.

The film has caught a lot of attention for the problem it talks about, the increasing unemployment rate in France.

"The films which goes down in the history of cinema are the films which talk about contemporary society and what's happening in that society," said the leading actor of the film Vincent Lindon.

"The cinema is a very powerful medium. It may not change people's temperment, it may not change their idea, but at least it shows people different things, and it encourages people to ask certain questions," he added.

This is the first time that Brize's movie is competing in Festival de Cannes for Palme d'Or.

A total of 19 films were selected to compete for the top prize Palme d'Or. The 68th Festival de Cannes runs from May 13 to 24. Endit