the red carpet pays tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Sorrentino and Olympism

Joyful, family-friendly, moving: it was one of the most scrutinized climbs of this 77^e edition of the Festival, that of the film “Marcello Mio” screened this Tuesday, May 21. Around its director Christophe Honoré, on the red carpet, its cast bringing together Chiara Mastroianni, at the center of the film, her mother Catherine Deneuve and those close to her: Benjamin Biolay, Melvil Poupaud, Nicole Garcia and Fabrice Luchini. The feature film is a fanciful comedy starring Chiara Mastroianni in the shoes of her father, whose 100th birth anniversary is being celebrated, the famous Marcello from “La Dolce Vita” and former companion of Catherine Deneuve. Tasty mimicry at the heart of this seventh collaboration between Christophe Honoré and Chiara Mastroianni since “Les Chansons d’amour” in 2007.

On the red carpet, a few minutes before “Marcello Mio”, Daniel Auteuil climbed the steps with his director’s hat, also presenting his film this Tuesday, May 21 Thread, accompanied by his team. And then the one we wait for with the spirit of Coubertin, the Olympic flame, after traveling through several French departments, was invited to the Croisette, heightening the emotion of the festival-goers. Two months before the Olympic Games and three months before the Paralympic Games in Paris, his arrival on the red carpet also announced the screening of Mickaël Gamrasni’s documentary, “Olympiques! La France des Jeux”.

Last marches of May 21, those of the team of the film “Parthenope” by Paolo Sorrentino. The Italian director of “La Grande Bellezza”, “Youth” and “Il Divo”, Jury Prize at Cannes in 2008, is highly anticipated, in competition against to “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard, “The Girl with the Needle” by Magnus Von Horn, or “Oh, Canada” by Paul Schrader. The red carpet welcomed the film team composed, among others, of Gary Oldman, Celeste Dalla Porta and Stefania Sandrelli, eternal star of Italian cinema of Scola, Comencini and Bertolucci.