After starting yesterday with the theme of strong women, the Cannes Film Festival is finding its rhythm. Today, two films were particularly anticipated: Me Too, the short film by Judith Godrèche and Furiosa, from the Mad Max saga by George Miller. But other events also brought life to the Croisette this Wednesday.
Personalities of the day: Director Agathe Riedinger and actress Malou Khebizi
These are two beginners who are walking the Cannes carpet today, and in competition, no less! Agathe Riedinger and Malou Khebizi are at the Festival for the film “Rough Diamond” which tells the story of Liane, a young girl who wants to escape her social condition to become an influencer. A trendy subject that the two women tackle with talent and sensitivity and which earned this first film a selection in official competition. “My reaction was in two stages,” Agathe Riedinger told our journalist Caroline Vié. First, that of preparation: an incredible whirlwind between absolute terror and immense joy: heightened emotions in any case. Since yesterday and our arrival in Cannes, I have been stunned because we have entered into concrete matters. »
News of the day: A new award for films in virtual reality
As in Venice, the Cannes Film Festival is launching a prize to reward the best film in virtual reality. Among the eight films entered in this new competition, there is everything from state-of-the-art virtual reality with a headset that allows you to travel in several dimensions to interactive experiences without equipment. This competition offers ultra-immersive films where you can enter a gay sauna (film prohibited for under 18s) or live an experience that puts the viewer in the shoes of a young girl of Indian origin. in London who has her first period.
The Cannes gossip of the day: Meryl Streep fan of Manuel Guillot
Sentence of the day
Actress Léa Seydoux, present in Cannes for the film “The Second Act” by Quentin Dupieux, spoke about the #MeToo movement and the freedom to speak out about sexual assault in cinema.
“ I see that there is respect on set, sometimes there is no longer this familiarity, even for intimate scenes. I feel this global change, that respect is more present »
Photo of the day
Photographer and documentarian Raymond Depardon has fun with his camera on the red carpet. At 81 years old, he has just released a book “The Déclic Years” with the journalist Gérard Lefort in which he provides previously unpublished images of cinema personalities from the 1960s. A behind-the-scenes documentary on these photos that he does not have assumed for a long time will also be projected as part of the selection Cannes Classics.