Exceptional guest at the bottom of the stairs. The Cannes Film Festival has seen the biggest stars on the planet parade, but it is a distinguished guest who is expected on Tuesday May 21, since the Olympic flame stops on the Croisette. Since her arrival in Marseille on May 8, she has already visited several departments amid popular fervor. In Cannes, the public should also be there. Carried by French Paralympic athlete Arnaud Assoumani, the torch is rolling out the red carpet. Follow our live stream.
A day dedicated to Olympism. On the sidelines of this historic rise of the steps, the film Olympics! The France of the Games, a documentary by Mickaël Gamrasni, will be screened in the evening. He traces “a century of participation in the Olympic Games, which have forever marked our collective memory”, exposes the Festival. Olympic and Paralympic champions like David Douillet, Guy Drut, Jean Galfione, Céline Gerny, Laura Flessel, Laure Manaudou and Cédric Nankin testify there, and will be present at the Festival.
Christophe Honoré and the shadow of Marcello Mastroianni. French director Christophe Honoré returns for the third time in competition with Marcello Mio. In this film, the Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, whose 100th birth anniversary is being celebrated, is evoked through his daughter Chiara, alongside Catherine Deneuve, mother of the actress, and those close to her.
Paolo Sorrentino as a regular. Seventh appearance in competition for Italian director Paolo Sorrentino with Parthenopea film which traces the impossible loves of a young woman with Naples as a setting, “city that bewitches, enchants, screams, laughs and can hurt us”, assures the synopsis. New chance at the Palme d’Or for the filmmaker, who received the Jury Prize in 2008 for Il Divo.