Stars, glamor and… the shadow of scandal. The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival begins Tuesday May 14 with an opening ceremony hosted by French actress Camille Cottin. If the movie stars will, like every year, be there at the bottom of the steps, the rumor hovers above the Palais des Festivals. The magazine She published on Monday the testimonies of nine women who accuse star producer Alain Sarde of inappropriate behavior, rape and sexual assault. Follow our live stream.
Quentin Dupieux opening. The director of Smoking makes you cough And Yannick will open the screenings with his new film, The Second Act, broadcast out of competition. The filmmaker who films faster than his shadow brings together Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon, Léa Seydoux and Raphaël Quenard in this comedy which should be, how often, tinged with the absurd.
Greta Gerwig as president of the jury. The director of barbie is at the head of a jury of eight personalities from the seventh art: Ebru Ceylan, Lily Gladstone, Eva Green, Nadine Labaki, Juan Antonio Bayona, Pierfrancesco Favino, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Omar Sy. The jury will be responsible for deciding between the 22 films in competition.
Meryl Streep honored. The American actress will be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony. On this occasion, she will receive an honorary Palme d’Or, thirty-five years after her Interpretation Prize for A cry in the nightin 1989, for what remains to this day his only appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.
New accusations linked to #MeToo hover over the Croisette. The accusations against Alain Sarde constitute a new scandal after those formulated by Judith Godrèche against Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon and before the trial of Gérard Depardieu, scheduled for October. Mediapart, however, denied having a list names of cinema personalities implicated, as rumors suggested in recent weeks.