Cannes opens Tuesday with Johnny Depp and ‘Jeanne du Barry’

cannes —The Cannes red carpet was alive again Tuesday The 76th Cannes Film Festival The premiere of Jeanne du Barry, a Louis XV drama with Johnny Depp, is kicking off.

This year’s festival promises a buffet of spectacle, scandal and film on the Côte d’Azur for the next 12 days. It unfolds against a backdrop of labor unrest. The protests that have gripped France in recent months are planned to take place during the festival, although they are some distance away from the festival’s main centre.

at the same time, Hollywood screenwriters’ strike continues Could have unpredictable effects on the French Riviera festival.

But with some highly anticipated big-budget films showing at the festival, including James Mangold’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the party is sure to go on anyway go down. Natalie Portman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Alicia Vikander will hit the Cannes red carpet next week and a half , The Weeknd and Scarlett Johansson.

Tuesday’s festivities will include the opening ceremony, where Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or. (At a later date, one will also be presented to “Raiders of the Lost Ark” star Harrison Ford). The jury that will decide on the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, will also be introduced.

This year, the jury was led by two-time Palme d’Or winner Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. won last year Social satire The Triangle of Sorrows. Other members of the jury included Brie Larson, Paul Dano, French director Julia Ducouno, Argentine filmmaker Damien Sifron, Afghani director Atik Rahimi, French actor Dennis Menochet, Moroccan filmmaker Mariam Turzani and Zambian-Welsh director Langano Nyoni.

The opening night choice has caused some controversy. “Jeanne Dubarry” is directed and co-starred by French actor-director Mevin, with Depp playing Louis XV. It’s Depp’s first new film since he went on trial with ex-wife Amber Heard last year. After Depp and Heard accused each other of physical and verbal abuse, civil jury award Depp will pay $10 million and Heard will pay $2 million.

Cannes director speaks to media on Monday Thierry Fremaux defends the choicesaid that Depp was so extraordinary in the film that he didn’t pay attention to the interrogation at all.

“To be honest, in my life I have only one rule, and that is freedom of thought, freedom of speech and freedom to act within the framework of the law,” Fremer said. “If Johnny Depp was banned from a movie, or the movie was banned, we wouldn’t be talking about it here.”

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