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Cannes Film Festival
President Bartlet jokes about escaping to Cannes Film Festival after his term ends, picturing himself as a judge amid palm-lined screenings, red-carpet crowds, and cinema glamour. Staff chuckle at the fantasy during a tense White House gathering shattered by photos and liquor, turning the Riviera event into fleeting comic relief from grief and looming crisis.
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Twenty-Five
Shattered Photos — The President's Quiet Grief
The Cannes Film Festival is referenced by Abbey as the fantastical, post-term destination Bartlet might attend; the mention functions as a narrative counterpoint — an imagined escape and public role that contrasts with the intimate, suddenly endangered family moment.
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Evocative and light — mentioned as a glamorous fantasy amid melancholy.
Functional Role
Aspirational escape and future plan invoked to lighten the mood and signal avoidance tendencies.
Symbolic Significance
Represents the President's yearning to step away from domestic grief into a public, curated life of culture and distance.
Mentioned verbally as a far-off, glamorous event.
Serves as tonal contrast to the hushed private room — invoked, not physically present.
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