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Reducing electricity in southeastern France has temporarily violated the screenings on the last day of the Cannes Film Festival.
About 160,000 homes in the city of Cannes and the surrounding municipalities lost energy on Saturday, said French electric operator RTE.
Police are investigating a possible attack on arson as the main cause of the incident.
The organizers of the International Film Festival claim that the closure ceremony will continue as planned as they have an alternative power.
Electricity reduction affected 160,000 homes in the area of ​​Alpes-Marittis. Delivery has been restored from 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT), according to RTE.
In Cannes, shops and restaurants struggled to work during the abbreviation.
“Another hour and I will throw everything away,” the AFP Agency Laurent Aboukrat told AFP Agency, which owns the Canne Jamin Restaurant. He said his refrigerators were off in the morning
“Cannes is in complete delay, collapse, no coffee anywhere, and I think the city has exhausted croissants, so it’s like a crisis territory,” Australian producer Darren Vukasinovic told the Reuters Agency.
Police are investigating a possible attack on arson of power substation. “We are looking at the likelihood of a fire to start deliberately,” a spokesman for Zhendarmeria told Reuters.
Saturday is the last day of the Cannes Film Festival. French actress Juliet Binos and her jury are ready to announce the winner at Palm d’OR – the highest award awarded at the festival.
Several screenings were interrupted by cutting in the morning before organizers were able to switch to private generators.