The Cannes Film Festival kicks off a possible untidy 77th edition with the opening of Greta Gerwig’s judge and the awarding of Meryl Streep with an honorable Palme d’Or.
A 10- time supply of stars will start flowing down Cannes ‘ prominent red carpet starting with the opening day picture,” The Next Act”, a French comedy starring Lea Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard. During the beginning meeting, Jones will be given an honourable Palme.
In the days to come, Cannes will launch George Miller’s” Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, Francis Ford Coppola’s personal- financed” Megalopolis” and planned new videos from Paolo Sorrentino, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Kevin Costner.
But the crisis at this year’s Cannes was largely off-screen.
The European film industry has experienced perhaps its most iconic# MeToo time since French artist Judith Godrèche earlier this year accused two film executives of rape and sexual abuse as teenagers. On Wednesday, Godrèche will launch her small” Moi Aussi”.
Carnival workers have threatened to affect because they are fed up with short-term contracts that make them unfit for unemployment benefits between festivals.
And on Monday, Egyptian director Mohammed Rasoulof announced that he had fled Iran after receiving an eight-year jail sentence and receiving a thrashing. His picture” The Seed of the Sacred Fig” will debut next year in Cannes. The movie is said to accurately depict the Persian program.
Some, though, will remain focused on the celebrities parading Cannes ‘ carpet. They’ll contain Emma Stone, Anya Taylor- Joy, Demi Moore, Selena Gomez, Nicolas Cage and Barry Keoghan. George Lucas will receive an honourable Palme d’Or at the closing meeting on May 25.
Regardless, the 77th Cannes may have a lot to live up to. Last year’s celebration, commonly celebrated for its powerful portfolio, produced three Oscar best image nominees:” Anatomy of a Fall”,” The Zone of Interest” and” Killers of the Flower Moon”. To help rekindle last year’s spirit, Messi, the canine star of” Anatomy of a Fall”, is back in Cannes for a series of brief French TV spots.
France will remain in the top of the world all summer long thanks to a strong Cannes. The festival will be followed by the French Open, the Tour de France and, most notably, the summer Olympics in Paris. On May 21 in Cannes, the Olympic flame will be carried up the steps to the festival’s hub, the Palais des Festivals.
