Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig, Juliette Binoche, Léa Seydoux, Eva Green, Jane Fonda, Vincent Lindon… A swarm of stars, many of them women, walked the red carpet to light up the start of the Cannes Film Festival, 2024 edition.
Meryl Streep celebrated as it should be on the Croisette, more than three decades after her prize for best actress. In white, she willingly took part in the red carpet ritual on Tuesday May 14 for the opening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, before receiving her honorary Palme d’Or.
Another American star was in the spotlight during this evening: Greta Gerwig,the director of global success Barbie, chairs the Festival jury. At his side on the steps, the Turkish screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, the American actress Lily Gladstone, the Franco-British actress Eva Green, the Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, the Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona, the Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and French actor Omar Sy.
But for the jury, which will award the Palme d’Or to the 22 films in competition, it was a day off with the screening of Quentin Dupieux’s latest film, The Second Act which opened the biggest cinema festival in the world that even the rain did not dare to spoil. Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon and Raphaël Quenard climbed the steps in complete complicity, before going behind the screen.
Surrounded by the director of the Cannes Film Festival Thierry Frémaux and its president Iris Knobloch, the immense American actress Meryl Streep opens and extends her arms at the top of the Palais steps during the opening ceremony. A gesture that echoes all the magnificent performances offered to the public during an exceptional career. Guest of honor of the festival, she returns to the Croisette 35 years after her Interpretation Prize for “Un cri dans la nuit” (1989). (CINDY ORD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
Léa Seydoux and the boys, namely Louis Garrel, Vincent Lindon, and Raphaël Quenard to whom she plays the role in “The Second Act” by Quentin Dupieux, the opening film of this 77th edition of the Cannes event. The pose recalls one of Léa Saydoux’s lines in the film’s trailer where she suggests that her character is the real heroine of the last Dupieux. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP)
Omar Sy, juror, and Greta Gerwig, president of the jury of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, put on a show as they climbed the steps. They danced just like the American actress Lily Gladstone alongside Nadine Labaki. They form the competition jury with Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ebru Ceylan, Juan Antonio Bayona, Eva Green and Pierfrancesco Favino. They are preparing to attend the screening of the film “The Second Act”. (CINDY ORD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
Juliette Binoche mischievous on the red carpet of the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, May 14, before presenting the Honorary Palme d’Or to Meryl Streep. (CINDY ORD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
Messi continues to make the world of cinema run wild since he was revealed in “Anatomy of a Fall” by Justine Triet. The actor-dog will have his own column during the Cannes Film Festival. In the meantime, he rushed down the steps followed by his French trainer Laura Martin on May 14 before the screening of the film “Le Deuxieme Acte”. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP)
From back and from left to right, the members of the Un Certain Regard jury huddle together: actress Vicky Krieps, filmmaker Asmae El Moudir, director Xavier Dolan (president) and filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré at the foot of the steps on May 14 during the opening ceremony of the 2024 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. (CINDY ORD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
Never without your device. Photographer Raymond Depardon at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival where a restored version of his film “The Declic Years” (1984) is presented at Cannes Classics. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP)
American actress and activist Jane Fonda, muse of L’Oréal and unconditional fan of the Cannes Film Festival, poses upon her arrival at the opening ceremony on May 14, 2024. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP)
Chinese actress Zhao Tao, starring in “Caught by the Tides” by Jia Zhang-Ke in competition, at the opening ceremony on May 14, 2024. Many films from the Middle Kingdom are present this year on the Croisette. (CINDY ORD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE)
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