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France's Agnes Varda to pick up Cannes' honorary Palme d'Or

French arthouse movie director Agnes Varda is to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival, the first female handed the coveted award, organisers said Saturday. Only Woody Allen, in 2002, Clint Eastwood in 2009, and Bernardo Bertolucci, in 2011, have been granted the distinction “given to renowned directors whose works have achieved a global impact but who have nevertheless never won the Palme d’Or,” a festival