Hollywood stars jetted into Cannes on Tuesday as the world's most famous film festival gets under way in dramatic circumstances, including a fugitive director's daring escape from Iran and a looming cloud of fresh #MeToo allegations.
Hollywood stars jetted into Cannes on Tuesday as the world's most famous film festival gets under way in dramatic circumstances, including a fugitive director's daring escape from Iran and a looming cloud of fresh #MeToo allegations.
"Cannes is important to him and he is important to Cannes. He comes as an artist," said festival head Thierry Frémaux, praising the 85-year-old director of The Godfather. We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
"I am grateful to my friends, acquaintances, and people who kindly, selflessly, and sometimes by risking their lives, helped me get out of the border and reach a safe place on the difficult and long path of this journey," he wrote on Instagram. Camille Cottin, star of the hit television series Call My Agent! and an outspoken feminist, will host this year's festival."But it's also supposed to be a festive moment... and I've only got four minutes," she told AFP.
Emilia Perez has quite the synopsis: a musical about a Mexican cartel boss undergoing a sex change to escape the authorities, directed by France's own Palme d'Or winner Jacques Audiard. Pop superstar Selena Gomez appears in a supporting role.There is growing anticipation over whether the veteran director - who self-funded the lavish epic - can match his masterpieces of the 1970s, when he twice won the Palme d'Or for Apocalypse Now and The Conversation.
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