The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet this Tuesday (17) to welcome movie stars, the public and the curious at the 75th edition of the event, bringing the frenzy and glamor back to the Mediterranean city.
“I’m just overjoyed,” said the festival’s jury president, Vincent Lindon during a crowded press conference, alongside members of the jury: actors and directors such as Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace, Deepika Padukone, Jeff Nichols and Asghar Farhadi .
The world’s biggest film festival will take place between May 17 and 28, returning to its traditional calendar after two years of being hampered by the pandemic, and marks the return of parties and the industry’s hopes that it will motivate the public to return to cinemas.
“Don’t believe the hype. People are saying it’s dying. I don’t believe it for a second,” said the jury member, Joachim Trier, referring to cinema, which he praised as a “radiant, progressive and wonderful art form”.
The Danish-Norwegian director mentioned that the festival served as a platform for his grandfather’s career, Erik Lochen which had a film in the running in 1960. It helped bring “an unknown new director from a small country in northern Europe into the spotlight,” Trier said.
The festival opened this Tuesday with the screening of the zombie film by Michel Hazanavicius “Final Cut”, and will also feature heavyweights like “Top Gun: Maverick”, by Tom Cruise – taking Cruise to the festival for the first time in 30 years – and the director’s Elvis Presley biopic Baz Luhrmann .
Source: CNN Brasil
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