Le camion was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
[1] After the Cannes debut, the crowd reacted "at first with highly vocal disbelief and the with outbursts of anger, and walk-outs" and even those "charmed by her harmonious, lulling use of the film medium ... have, buried under a few layers, the rebellious instincts that others [gave] loud voice to.
"[2] Following the showing, Duras stood atop a flight of stairs while a crowd yelled insults at her.
[2] In an interview with Marguerite Duras, Jean-Luc Godard praised the film for the way that it "lets the text come through but also carries it.
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