Cannes 2012: Bernard-Henri Levy's 'The Oath of Tobruk Revolution' to Screen May 25

9:32 AM PDT 5/4/2012 by Rebecca Leffler

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The film about the Libyan uprising has been added to the festival's lineup.

They may have sworn the official selection was complete, but the Cannes Film Festival has added Bernard-Henri Levy’s The Oath of Tobruk to its lineup. Levy’s film will receive a special screening on May 25th. The film focuses on the eight-month conflict in Libya that ended the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi.

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Levy and the festival have invited four key figures from the Libyan revolution to Cannes to attend the screening.

"By selecting the just-finished Le Serment de Tobrouk for the Festival, Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux intend to remind us that a film can represent a passing of the torch between people inspired by a shared love of freedom,” the fest said in a statement.