The 78th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival will start on Tuesday, May 13th.
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By Niro, rewarded with palms d’Or
After Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, the festival continues its journey among the legends “The new Hollywood ”the movement of the 1970s that revolutionized American cinema, and not only.
This time, one of the legendary actors of his generation, Robert De Niro, is the one who will climb the steps to receive a Honorary palm during the opening ceremony.
At 81, Robert De Niro is a regular in the Cannes festival, writes Agerpres.
“Bob” De Niro will have the opportunity to recall his past, from “Taxi Driver ” (Palme d’Or in 1976) to “Once Upon a time in America“(1984), and to evoke the present – he is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and has just publicly expressed his support for his transgender daughter, the rights of trans -persons being in the American president’s viewfinder.
The impossible is not for Tom Cruise
The last appearance for Tom Cruise in the franchise launched 30 years ago by Brian de Palma: On May 14, the actor presents the last production from “Mission: Impossible. “
Three years after staging a show on the cruise for “Top Gun“And he went down to the roof on the roof Stade de France during the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games last summer, the American actor promises to go away.
This “Final Reckoning ”the blockbuster of the year, takes two hours and 50 minutes and is to be launched in theaters on May 21. From infiltration to the CIA safe to the Kremlin explosion, the film promises to finally offer Ethan Hunt’s fans.
Fidel to his habits, Tom Cruise executes a series of spectacular stunts, cast without a trick, including a sequence in which hang by the wing of a plane, at an altitude of 2,000 meters, in 225 km/h air currents.
Actors behind the camera
Dedicated to the discoveries, the section A Certain Regard also presents this year the first feature films of some actors who passed behind the camera.
Present on the poster of Wes Anderson’s new film, in competition, American actress Scarlett Johansson will present her directorial debut “Eleanor The Great “. The 40 -year -old actress from “Lost in translation“and”Match Point ” He reports the story of a non -grading woman (June Squibb) who moves to New York and seeks to link a friendship.
Became famous in teenage saga ”Twilight“, his 35 -year -old Kristen Stewart compatriot has directed the movie”The Chronology of Water“Inspired by the story of a novelist and former swimmer who grew up in a violent environment.
As for the British Harris Dickinson, the favorite of social networks after “Oufiltered ” and the lover of Nicole Kidman in “Babygirl”it will present “UNCHIN”, at 28 years old. A bypass before his next role, John Lennon’s in a series of long-awaited movies about The Beatles.
The new guard
Along with devoted names such as Jodie Foster and Denzel Washington, the new generation will also make its appearance on the screens.
These actors include a pair of 30 -year -olds who have nothing to prove, American actress Jennifer Lawrence and the British Robert Pattinson, on the poster of a thriller expected, present in the competition (“Die, my love “by the British Lynne Ramsay).
Another long -awaited duo, Irish Paul Mescal (“Normal People”, “Gladiator 2 “) and the British Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”, “Challengers“), lies on the poster of gay love movie”The History of Sound ”directed by South African Oliver Hermanus. O’Connor will also play in “The Mastermind” by Kelly Reichardt. The two movies are in the race for palms d’Or.
Other young people in ascension, Austin Butler (who became famous in “Elvis“) and Emma Stone, play alongside Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us’) and Joaquin Phoenix in a Western about modern America signed by Ari Aster, “Eddington.
For his part, Wes Anderson opted for Mia Threpleton, 24 years old to play the role of billionaire daughter played by Benicio del Toro in his new film, “The Phoenician Scheme “. Little well -known, the British can hope to become as famous as her mother … Kate Winslet.
