Wow! Twelve projects from women filmmakers at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival!  Is the glitziest cinematic show on Earth finally bidding adieu to the ‘50s (Miss Dubois, please fetch the director his café au lait), saying a warm and welcoming enchanté to gender equality (without the wink and pat on the bottom), and giving women filmmakers their due?

How do you say “if only” in French?