Cannes made me think about cinema as alchemy — transforming light into emotion, time into memory. So I wanted a literal alchemist, but somewhere impossible: distilling perfume from lunar materials, an artisan in the void. The Okinawan-Walloon fusion gave me this beautiful contradiction — island warmth meeting industrial Belgium, delicate features with structural strength. The mercury gown is the film itself: liquid, reflective, holding whatever light you give it. And her expression — that's the Cannes moment. Not performing glamour. Just present, competent, slightly amused that we're all so impressed. — Volt