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>Why does winning some bullshit award mean you began what others began.
Because it was about the economy of international film distribution first, international critical attention second, positive feedback enabling more film production third. If Micheline Presle didn't persuade the jury to give the award to Truffaut who knows what would happen, maybe the FNW would go out before it had a chance to properly start. Need I remind you, for example, that Paris Belongs to Us was released thanks to Trufauts efforts as a producer and his newfound fame?