Cannes hit by power cut as film festival draws to a close

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A power substation and an electricity pylon were vandalised overnight in the region around France's Cannes, which has been hit by a major blackout on the final day of its film festival, according to officials. Traffic was widely impacted, and festival goers and tourists scrambled for paper money after the power cut hit the town, leaving cash machines out of order and restaurants unable to process card payments.

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00:00It was raining in the city and it was a day out of the city.

00:05It was raining, it was raining.

00:10It was raining.

00:15It was raining.

00:20It was raining.

00:25There, it's been more than 1 hour now, we have no electricity, so we are blocked, we can't work, we are afraid for our glass.

00:39I hope that it will come soon, because we are blocked in fact.

00:44What do you think?

00:49Normally, it's supposed to be a day where we have a lot of people, a lot of departs,

00:53since the festivals are often foreigners, they pay a lot in cards,

00:57but we don't know how much we are going to do today, compared to other years.

01:14Thank you very much.

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