The US actress Meryl Streep was honored with a Palm of Honor for her life’s work in the beginning of the Cannes Film Festival. The gala is overshadowed by a newly reignited debate about sexual assault within the movie business.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival opened with the awarding of the Golden Palm of Honor to US actress Meryl Streep. “You modified the best way we have a look at ladies within the cinema world,” French actress Juliette Binoche stated in her tribute.
Streep himself stated: “When I used to be in Cannes for the primary time 35 years in the past and already had three youngsters, I assumed my profession was over.” The 74-year-old thanked the viewers “for not getting bored with my face so rapidly.” Streep acquired enthusiastic applause from the viewers.
The jury of the 77th Cannes Film Festival is led by director Greta Gerwig. This additionally contains Eva Green, Lily Gladstone and Pierfrancesco Favino.
Debate about assaults within the movie business
The Cannes competition is an “unbelievable alternative,” stated actress Camille Cottin, who hosted the occasion. “Night encounters with influential males of their lodge rooms are now not a part of Cannes immediately,” she stated, alluding to the newly reignited MeToo debate about sexual violence within the cinema world.
Shortly earlier than the beginning of the competition, quite a few celebrities and people affected in France denounced the dearth of penalties for sexual violence and the continued denial of the issue.
The Cannes Festival is an “unbelievable alternative,” emphasised actress Camille Cottin, who hosted the occasion.
The 22 movies in competitors for the Palme d’Or embrace the science fiction movie “Megalopolis” by US veteran Francis Ford Coppola and the British movie “Bird” with German actor Franz Rogowski. New to Cannes this yr is a contest for so-called immersive works that use methods similar to digital actuality.
Show performances with a big star line-up
In addition to movie stars similar to Jane Fonda and Juliette Binoche, the friends on the purple carpet additionally included the German actor Matthias Schweighöfer, the mannequin Heidi Klum and the movie canine Messi, who is taken into account the mascot of this yr’s competition. French actor Philippe Torreton wore a yellow bow on his lapel, an indication of solidarity with the Israeli hostages within the Gaza Strip.
Following the gala, the opening movie “Le deuxième acte” by Quentin Dupieux can be proven. The movie stars French stars Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel.