Oui, the cinema is back!
The 75th Cannes Film Festival – still the most important cinema festival in the world – has opened!
More movies, more fans, more stars!
Forest Whittaker has often been a guest on the Croisette. Now he has been awarded a palm of honourPhoto: SARAH MEYSSONNIER/REUTERS
Actor Forest Whittaker (60) was the first world star right from the start. He received the festival’s Palme d’honneur in gold.
But he wasn’t the only one sunbathing on the red carpet. Our cinema star Emilia Schüle (29), TV icon Eva Longoria (47) and cult actress Rossy de Palma (57) also shone in the crowd.
Pandemic? Crisis? Was there something? The competition is bursting with stars, and so is the program as a whole.
Tom Cruise (59) will land in a few hours to present his action hit “Top Gun: Maverick”, Anne Hathaway (39) is approaching, as are Robert Pattinson (36) and Marion Cotillard (46) – and Tom Hanks (65 ) coming next week!
Elegant in a long black dress: actress Eva LongoriaPhoto: Getty Images
Corona, it seems, could do little to the cinema world.
Anticipated hits in the millions are also traded behind the scenes on the film market on the Croisette. The global film circus generates 20 percent of the global billion-dollar turnover in just ten days in Cannes!
They opened the festival with their zombie comedy “Final Cut” (from left): actors Finnegan Oldfield, Bérénice Bejo, director Michel Hazanavicius, Romain Duris and Matilda Anna Ingrid LutzPhoto: SARAH MEYSSONNIER/REUTERS
In the evening the festival was closed with the zombie comedy “Final Cut“ opened. The film was originally called “Z” but was renamed after the outbreak of war in Ukraine.
And yes, that’s the only crisis that can’t be washed down with champagne here.
Muse of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar: cult actress Rossy de PalmaPhoto: PIROSCHKA VAN DE WOUW/REUTERS
Officially, Putin’s film delegations have been unloaded, and a number of oligarchs’ yachts are not – as has been the case until now – in the port of Cannes.
However, the Russian star director Kirill Serebrennikov (52), who has been living in exile in Germany since the beginning of 2022 and was even in prison under Putin, is in the competition for the Palme d’Or with his film “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” – and even has good ones Win chances!
Stars on the Croisette
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace floated across the carpetPhoto: Joel C Ryan/AP
Hollywood star Julianne Moore arrives at Cannes to present her film ‘When You Finish Saving The World’, actor Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debutPhoto: Getty Images
Netflix star Katherine Langford with a glittery trainPhoto: Getty Images
Right in the middle of the international star hype: the German influencer Caroline DaurPhoto: Getty Images