The 76th version of the Cannes Movie Competition kicked off Tuesday with the premiere of the interval drama “Jeanne du Barry”, during which Johnny Depp performs French King Louis XV.
In the course of the opening ceremony, Michael Douglas obtained an honorary Palme d’Or, along with his spouse, Catherine Zeta-Jones and their daughter, Carys Zeta Douglas, wanting on from the viewers.
“I am even older than the pageant,” mentioned Douglas, 78.
Douglas and Catherine Deneuve formally declared open the French Riviera pageant that may proceed over the following 12 days.
Cannes is among the many world’s most glamorous movie festivals, attracting film stars, billionaires, business executives, paparazzi and followers to the French Riviera to attend premieres and haggle for worldwide film rights on the concurrent movie market.
The collection of movies for the opening night time has drawn some controversy. “Jeanne du Barry”, which concurrently opened in French theaters on Tuesday, was produced following the much-watched 2022 Depp trial with ex-wife Amber Heard throughout which each accused one another of bodily and verbal abuse. A civil jury awarded Depp $10 million in damages and $2 million to Heard.
The movie is directed by Maiwenn Le Besco, who additionally performs Madame du Barry, the well-known mistress of the 18th century French king.
Varied actors streamed down Cannes’ well-known crimson carpet for the opening night time ceremony, together with Brie Larson, Uma Thurman, Gong Li, Elle Fanning, Catherine Deneuve and a blue-haired Helen Mirren.
Some big-budget movies, together with James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of the Future” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” are lined up on the Cannes pageant.
The jury that may resolve the pageant’s prime prize, the Palme d’Or, was launched on Tuesday. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund, a two-time Palme winner who final 12 months gained for the social satire “The Triangle of Unhappiness”, is presiding over a jury together with Dano, Larson, Argentine filmmaker Damian Szifron, Afghan director Atiq Rahimi, French actor Denis Menochet, Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Tourzani, Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni and French director Julia Ducournau, who in 2019 grew to become the second feminine filmmaker to win the Palme d’Or for “Titane”.
(With inputs from businesses)
Up to date: 17 Could 2023, 03:25 AM IST