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CANNES, FRANCE - In an unprecedented display of cinematic passion and smugness, a film's 11-minute standing ovation received its own, distinct 20-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. The initial 11-minute ovation began when the credits rolled on a particularly poignant scene in the French art-house drama "The Inert Gasses of Marcel." As the camera panned out to reveal the stunning Parisian skyline as it faded to black, the packed audience erupted into applause and cheers, with some attendees rising from their seats to show their appreciation for the film's nuanced exploration of chemically-induced existential ennui. Quite pleased with themselves, and emotionally shaken by their own display, the audience began to reward it's loving applause with a s...