Meryl Streep will be awarded the Palm of Honor at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The Cannes Film Festival starts with a highlight: Meryl Streep (74) will receive the Palm of Honor on the opening evening of the 77th edition of the film festival. The film festival takes place from May 14th to May 25th this year.
It will be the Hollywood star’s first appearance in Cannes in decades. Her last visit to the film festival was in 1989, when she was awarded best actress for Fred Schepisi’s (84) “A Cry in the Dark” around 35 years ago.
George Lucas and Kevin Costner are also expected
Streep is far from the only Hollywood star set to visit Cannes this year. George Lucas (79), who will be honored with a palm of honor at the closing ceremony, is also expected. Francis Ford Coppola’s (85) “Megalopolis” and Paul Schrader’s (77) “Oh, Canada” are also in the competition. Kevin Costner (69) is also promoting his latest work, the western saga “Horizon”, at the festival.
This year’s festival opens with the film “The Second Act” by Quentin Dupieux (50), which stars Lea Seydoux (38) and Louis Garrel (40), among others. The opening and closing ceremonies will be hosted by Camille Cottin (45), who made her breakthrough in “Call My Agent!” celebrated and starred in, among other things, “House of Gucci”. “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig (40) is chairwoman of the jury this year.
Yorgos Lanthimos presents his latest work
The top-class films planned for this year’s festival also include Yorgos Lanthimos’ (50) “Kinds of Kindness”, Jacques Audiard’s (72) musical melodrama “Emilia Perez” with Zoe Saldana (45) and Selena Gomez (31 ) in the main roles, Paolo Sorrentino’s (53) “Parthenope” with Gary Oldman (66) and David Cronenberg’s (81) “The Shrouds” with Vincent Cassel (57) and Diane Kruger (47). In Ali Abbasis (43) “The Apprentice”, Sebastian Stan (41) will also slip into the role of a younger Donald Trump (77), while Coralie Fargeat (48) will star in “The Substance”, a horror film with Demi Moore (61) and Margaret Qualley (29) presents.
Source: Stern
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