The American star Leonardo DiCaprio will present Cannes The Palm of Gold of Honor to The Legend of the 7th Art Robert of Niro on Tuesday night, with whom he several times shared the poster, announced the head of the official co-forifusor of the festival.
The director of the French media, Brut, Renaud Van Kim, made this announcement during an informative session of press photographers upstream of the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Festival, confirming an insistent rumor in the Croisette.
Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, and Robert De Niro, 81, were recently gathered on the screen by Martin Scorsese in Flower moon murderersfilm for which they configured Cannes’ steps in 2023.
The two stars had already shared the poster in 1993 in Secret injuries By Michael Caton-Jones and in 1996 in Simple secrets By Jerry Zaks.
In front of the press, Renaud Van Kim also announced that the French singer Mylène Farmer, cinema fan and former member of the Cannes jury, would interpret a title, possibly unprecedented, during the opening ceremony.
Wars and tests
Several international conflicts will undoubtedly mark this 2025 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Starting with the response led by Israel in Gaza: almost 400 filmmakers, including Spanish director Pedro Almodovar or American actors Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere, signed a support support for Gaza in French daily liberation: “Artists and culture actors, we cannot remain silent. They say.
They also pay tribute to the Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassauna, killed in an Israeli bombing in mid -April and protagonist of a scheduled documentary in a parallel section.
He went to another war, who fought for Russia in Ukraine, that the festival dedicated its opening day, with the projection of three documentaries, including Our war By Bernard-Henri Lévy.
A jury led by Juliette Binoche
Another event, outside, could also create a stir on Tuesday: the opening ceremony of this 78th edition will take place a few hours after the conviction of Gérard Depardieu at 18 months of prison sentence for sexual aggression during a session. The actor intends to appeal.
From films to red carpets, Cannes, with the success of its feature films last year in the Oscars, it will be a large place in glamor and attract clouds of stars: from Tom Cruise to Nicole Kidman and Denzel Washington, which passes through Jennifer Lawrence or Robert Pattinson.
Juliette Binoche and the members of their jury, including actors Jeremy Strong and Halle Berry or the novelist Leïla Slimani, will have to attribute, on May 24, the golden palm to one of the 22 films in competition.
Source: BFM TV
