Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and Simon Brooke on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé in Bangkok and Monocle’s correspondent in Marseille, Mary Fitzgerald, to assess the mood on the ground since president Emmanuel Macron announced his pick for prime minister. Plus: film critic Karen Krizanovich looks back at the Venice Film Festival.

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