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Among movies that premiered at Cannes are David Cronenberg’s grief-stricken drama “The Shrouds,” Paul Schrader’s reunion with his “American Gigolo” star Richard Gere in “Oh, Canada,” and Jia Zhang-ke’s “Caught by the Tides,” featuring footage captured by the director over two decades.

Schneider, who starred in such movies as “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” and “The Hot Chick,” called for vengeance in the immediate aftermath of the verdict but not for violence.

Gere, reuniting with Schrader for their first collaboration since the exuberant strut of 1980’s “American Gigolo,” is a fragile, vulnerable presence here, playing up Leonard’s thickened voice and dimmed virility.

He was still working into his late 80s, making recent appearances on the TV series “The Righteous Gemstones” and “American Gigolo.”

Conversely, she said she had “a spectacular successful experience every time” she worked with embattled filmmaker Woody Allen, who directed her in “Stardust Memories” and worked with her on “Antz” and “Fading Gigolo.”