The Festival took a little breath on Saturday with Jacques Audiard’s film “Emilia Pérez”, presented in official competition.
La Croisette does not leave on weekends. The Cannes Film Festival had another busy day, Saturday May 18, including the presentation of the new film by Jacques Audiard Emilia Perez with Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana. As for Richard Gere, he continued to make the most of his presence at the Festival. Back in images and video on this Saturday.
Selena Gomez and “Emilia Perez” in the spotlight
A big regular at the Cannes Film Festival, director Jacques Audiard (he has already won a Palme d’Or in 2015 with Dheepana Grand Prix in 2009 with a prophet and a Best Screenplay Award in 1996 with A very discreet hero) present this year in official competition Emilia Perez.
The film focuses on the story of Rita, a lawyer working for a large firm more inclined to clear criminals than to serve justice. In the cast of this new film Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez.
The appearance of the American star also caused a wave of madness on the Croisette just before he climbed the steps.
Richard Gere plays the photographer
Say “Geeeere”! The American actor, starring in Paul Schrader’s film, Oh ! Canada, in official competition, took the photographers of the day’s photocall at their own game. The star of Pretty Woman Or American Gigolo grabbed a camera from one of the photographers present for this session. At 74, Richard Gere seems to have retained his childish soul…
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Richard Gere has fun with photographers in Cannes during the photocall for Paul Schrader’s film “Oh, Canada” presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
James Franco passes a face in Cannes
The American actor and director took to the red carpet this Saturday. James Franco arrived with actor Tomer Sisley with whom he shares the poster for the next Largo Winch: the price of money, scheduled for August 7 at the cinema. A notable appearance because the actor is the target of accusations of sexual harassment and assault by several women.
A bomb threat at the Palais des Festivals
A little bit of pressure for festival-goers. A bomb threat led to the confinement of the Palais des Festivals around 3 p.m. All entrances and exits were blocked, which led to long waits for festival-goers. After a visit by the bomb disposal team, the situation finally returned to normal. The alert was given following a backpack which was left unattended at Square Mérimée. Its owner came to collect it.
A sequel to “My Neighbor Totoro” announced
This is the surprise announcement of the day. Hayao Miyazaki’s cult animated film, My Neighbor Totoro, will have a sequel which will be presented on Monday May 20, the Festival announced on Saturday in a press release. This mini film will be accompanied by three others which will be presented on the occasion of the Honorary Palme d’Or which will be awarded to the Japanese animation studio Ghibli.
Smile, you’re being filmed
Technology made its mark on the Croisette during this 77th edition in terms of security. A pioneering system was put in place this year during the Cannes Film Festival. As an experiment, the town hall was authorized to use a unique system in anticipation of the Olympic Games: 17 cameras using AI were set up to “detect crowd movements, an estimate of density that is too high, a person, a vehicle going the wrong way, entering an area, a person on the ground, a weapon, the start of a fire…”, says a manager of the company that equipped these cameras.
Talents of tomorrow set to shine
Maybe they will win a Palme in the next few years. The 24th edition of the Chopard Trophy rewarded, Friday evening, Sophie Wilde and Mike Faist, from the hands of Demi Moore, godmother of this evening. A ceremony which brought together many stars like Omar Sy, Eva Green, and Lily Gladstone.
Interviews that are funny
He is always good at interviewing the stars. Messi, the Border Colie star of the film Anatomy of a fall, is entitled to a special broadcast on the Croisette this year. The dog regularly interviews celebrities during the Festival, like the cartoonist Jul, who presents his film (cartoon) Flint and the City.
Via the voice of Raphaël Mezrahi, he allows us to take another look at cinema in an offbeat tone that seems to please his interlocutors. “Talking to a dog means speaking to as many people as possible, we don’t know what he’s thinking, you have to gain his attention and his sympathy and ultimately, that’s humor,” says Jul. to France 3 Côte d’Azur.”
On the program this Sunday in Cannes
La Croisette will be treated to the great classic and the new, Sunday May 19. In the program :
- The Substance, by Coralie Fargeat promises to be one of the most mysterious and perhaps the most disturbing films of the week. This “body horror”, which is in official competition, brings together Demi Moore and Margaret Quely and offers a study on the aging of bodies.
- Horizon: an American saga pours him into the great classic. This first part of Kevin Costner’s western, presented out of competition, promises to be a great fresco worthy of the classics of the genre.