Marion Cotillard and Judy Foster lead the Cannes Charm on the red carpet return Reuters

Sarah White

CANNES, France (Reuters)-On Tuesday, Oscar actress Marion Cotillard appeared at the Cannes Film Festival in a sparkling silver Chanel gown, when movie stars from all over the world took to the red carpet of French film screenings.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s largest film festival returned after skipping 2020, but during the 12-day movie premiere cyclone, the number of attendees and parties decreased slightly.

The stars attended the opening ceremony on the French Riviera to show their support for an industry hit by the pandemic several months after the theater closed.

“This will be my first time in a movie theater in 15 months,” Brazilian film producer Kleber Mendonca Filho said at a press conference earlier on Tuesday. One of the jury members who selected the winner of the highest Palme d’Or.

Hollywood stars Jessica Chastain (Jessica Chastain) and Adam Driver (Adam Driver) and Cotillard starred in the musical “Annette”. This is the opening movie. They have a relationship with Spanish film director Peder Ro Almodovar (Pedro Almodovar) and British actress Helen Mirren (Helen Mirren) traveled to France to participate in the event.

Jodie Foster came to Cannes for the first time when she was 13 years old. When she appeared in “Taxi Driver” (Taxi Driver), she wore a pearl Givenchy straight dress and won a lifetime achievement award.

Sean Penn and Wes Anderson will become one of the heavyweights competing for awards in major film competitions. This is one of several parallel events and premieres to be held in the next two weeks.

These include outdoor screenings on the beaches along the famous promenade in Cannes. Visitors who start their summer vacation in the resort city will have the opportunity to see the royal style of Hollywood.

This festival retains a very French taste, and will show the latest performances of directors François Ozon and Jacques Audiard, as well as Catherine Corsini’s “Split”. The background is modern France and the background is “Yellow Vest” “An anti-government demonstration.

Film festival director Thierry Fremaux abided by strict French regulations on Monday, prohibiting movies promoted by streaming platforms such as Netflix (NASDAQ:) from being included in film competitions unless they are first shown in theaters .

American director Spike Lee, who attended the opening ceremony in a pink suit, joined the long-term debate between Cannes and Netflix to support his platform for launching “Da 5 Bloods” during the peak of the pandemic blockade last year.

“Movie theaters and screening platforms can coexist at the same time,” Li said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Someone once thought that television would kill movies. This is nothing new.”