A five-hour power outage hit Cannes on Saturday, impacting the film festival. The Palais des Festivals maintained power via backup generators, ensuring the closing ceremony proceeded as planned. However, other venues experienced disruptions. Authorities suspect arson, with reports of two attacks and severed power lines. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the outage, which also affected ATMs and some restaurants.

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