A host of stars and a host of films for the 76ᵉ edition of the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes rolls out the red carpet this Tuesday for two weeks to many celebrities, including Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman, as well as 21 films in search of the Palme d’Or. Some 35,000 festival-goers are expected. Chiara Mastroianni will present the opening ceremonies, to follow in this live in a few minutes, and the closing, on May 27.
Who will succeed Ruben Östlund, the Swede who won last year for Without filter ? Among the stars competing for the Palme d’Or, regulars like the Briton Ken Loach, 86, already twice winner (2006 and 2016), the German Wim Wenders, crowned in 1984 with ParisTexasor the Italian Nanni Moretti.
On the French side, ten years later Abuse of weaknessCatherine Breillat presents Last summerwhile the Franco-Vietnamese Tran Anh Hung, author in 1993 of the poetic The smell of green papayapropose The Pion of Dodin Bouffanta love story in the 19th centurye century against a backdrop of gastronomy.
As in previous years, this edition is placed “under a high level of security”, explained to Agence France-Presse the sub-prefect of Gre, Jean-Claude Geney. The device has a thousand gendarmes, national and municipal police and private security agents.
In a context of social tensions in France, a prefectural decree, “same as previous years”, according to the prefecture, was taken to prohibit any demonstration around the Croisette. But the CGT has announced various actions as part of its opposition to the pension reform.