Cannes wouldn't be Cannes without Catherine Deneuve, here this year as the matriarch in Arnaud Desplechin's "A Christmas Tale" (Un Conte de Noel). Early on at this afternoon's press conference for the film, a journalist provoked her about her decision to work with "younger" French filmmakers. The questioner wondered, does that foster her own sense of youthful curiosity? Not missing a beat, Deneuve wryly noted that, with few exceptions, most of the filmmakers are younger than her. No, working with younger directors doesn't keep her curious, she continued, "You've either got curiosity, or you don't." [Eugene Hernandez]