Cannes Film Festival 2023, Benedetta De Luca proud on the red carpet: “I would like to convey strength to many people with and without disabilities”

“I will change the world one sequins at a time”. Marilyn Monroe said it, she reiterates it Benedetta DeLucawho in recent days has walked the red carpet of Cannesnot hesitating to show himself in front of a crowd of photographers and the public with his own crutches, combined with a fabulous sequined dress, in fact, and a beautiful smile. The Cambodian actress did the same Shin Yubin at the premiere of the Japanese film Monstersfirst crossing the tapis rouge then the montae des marches with two customized crutches, embellished with a sheath of crystals and silver studs combined with a wonderful tulle dress with train (and two assistants in tuxedos).

The difference is that for the actress, with a broken foot, crutches were the solution for not giving up on the Festival, despite her temporary disability. For Benedetta instead, with a pathology that renders her chronically disabledcrutches have been the way to turn on the lights on disabilityand send a clear signal to photographers and the public crowded on the sides of the catwalk: that of wanting to show themselves and above all that of being proud to be present at the Festival despite everything and everyone.

There content creator in fact she recounted: «I was invited by Rai Cinema to the presentation of two of the three Italian films in competition, Kidnapped by Marco Bellocchio e The Sun of the Future by Nanni Moretti, e thank you for giving me the opportunity to show disability on such a prestigious carpet. If I think that when I was a child and then a teenager I tended to hide my crutches even on social media, posting only half-length photos of myself, now I’m proud of myself, of the journey made and I do not hide anything ». He then concludes: «I would like to transmit strength to many people with and without disabilities».

And she adds verbally: «Because all women, even with non-standard physiques, should feel beautiful and at ease with themselves, and remember that there are no right bodies or wrong and we all deserve to be loved.”

The glamorous precedents: Selma Blair and Antonella Ferrari

A famous precedent of inclusive walkway was that of the actress Selma Blairwhich al Vanity Fair Party after Oscars of the 2016 he showed himself with a stick combined with a splendid dress Victor & Rolf

Still speaking of disabilities and cinema (or theatre, or television), we cannot fail to mention that the first in Italy to launch the idea of decorated and customized crutches it was already twenty years ago Antonella Ferrari. The actress recounts, reached on the phone by Vanity Fair: «In 2001 I showed up with these crutches on the set of One Hundred Showcases – of which Antonella was an interpreter, ed – and they asked me “But do you want to act like this?”: I answered convinced yes». The actress and presenter then explained: «I have had a registered trademark for some time and would like to find a partner to jointly produce other crutches like mineWhy In recent years hundreds of people have asked me where to find them. In fact, as decorated crutches become a fashion accessory, they divert attention from the person who doesn’t walk well, revealing themselves to be much more than a walking aid».

Both Benedetta’s presence at the Cannes Film Festival and Antonella Ferrari’s twenty-year “militancy” on TV and in Italian theaters make it clearer that seeing a pair of crutches on television or on a cinema screen means making it clear that in the world of entertainment – as Benedetta writes on the post published on her Instagram profile – «we need more representation of disabilityin a key away from pietism And victimhood, also avoiding the clichés of the person with a disability is always the bad or the def…to of the situation”. True social inclusion also passes through the red carpet. Good boy!