The mighty Hollywood in Cannes rush to watch the final

May 18, 2019, 19:09 UTC / Update May 18, 2019, 21h02 UTC

By Variety

LOS ANGELES – Chloe Sevigny may have played in HBO's movie "Big Love," but her association with Premium Cable is not strong enough to help her out of trouble. She is desperate to watch the finale of the "Game of Thrones" series while she is at this year's Cannes Film Festival to promote Jim Jarmusch's "The Dead Don's Die".

"What are they going to do? Send me a link," she told Marc Malkin of Variety.

Unless she finds a way to hack the episode or find a bar or the house of a friend who presents "Game of Thrones" at 3 am, Cannes time she risk missing out on the big revelation or risk losing someone who will end up on the Iron Throne.

"I can not look at my phone, there are spoilers," said Sevigny.

She is not the only one suffering from this situation. "Game of Thrones" is an unparalleled television phenomenon that feeds on twists and turns, shocking betrayals and surprise alliances as various factions vie for control over Westeros. And since the series began to surpass George R.R. Martin's original novels in season five, no one can guess whether a member of the Stark, Lannister or Targaryen clans will become the only king or queen who will rule them all. In the social media era, many viewers are essentially releasing their response in real time, making it virtually impossible for anyone online who missed the last episode to avoid reading what has happened.

Some Hollywood players are back on their plans to travel to Cannes this year. At JW Marriott, one of the chic hotels lining the city's main thoroughfare, an American guest called to make sure he could watch the show in his room. It turns out he could not. And he was probably unlucky at the Grand, Martinez, Carlton or Gray of Albion, who do not offer HBO via OCS (Orange Cinema Series), the French cable channel that broadcasts the series. Some of the more expensive rooms offer a slightly wider selection of channels, but it is unclear if this includes a platform displaying "Game of Thrones". The problem is that HBO Now is not available outside the United States.

There are still a few participants ready to bend the rules to watch "Game of Thrones". Many studio and producer executives have privately decided to use virtual private networks or virtual private networks (VPNs) to establish a secure connection between a mobile device and the Internet, allowing HBO and HBO Go subscribers to broadcast the Internet. continuous series. These networks hide the geographic location of the users. One officer explained that he "was already paying for HBO anyway, so [he] should be able to see it. "

Although some Hollywood players have expressed concern about their ability to stay abreast of important Seven Kingdom events, it is a familiar problem for producers and directors who often spend extended periods of time out country to shoot movies in very remote places.

The founder of RT Features, Rodrigo Teixeira, recently opened an account in the Canary Islands where he was filming in order to stay abreast of the "Game of Thrones" show. He did the same thing in Cannes. He had an iPad purchase from a French friend and opened an account allowing him to know what is happening in Westeros.

"I will not miss it," Teixeira said. "If I read spoilers, I'll go crazy."