The Cannes Film Festival celebrated its 75th edition in a festive atmosphere.
Guilermo Del Toro, enthusiastic, declared himself confident in the future of cinema.
This opinion was shared by the celebrities present, delighted to meet to celebrate the 7th Art.
“Cannes is back.
The public is back, the desire is back.
I needed it and I think moviegoers too.
Guillermo Del Toro told
20 Minutes.
It gives confidence for the future of cinema.
The director of
The Shape of Water
and
Nightmare Alley
was part of the impressive panel of celebrities who came to celebrate the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Cinema's not dead
“Cinema is still alive and the festival is there to say that it will never die!
This fiery statement from its general delegate, Thierry Frémaux, perfectly sums up the spirit of the day.
It was enough to hear Guillermo Del Toro push the song with Gaël Garcia Bernal on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to be convinced that the 7th Art is still as festive as ever.
The traditional family photo where Sandrine Kiberlain rubbed shoulders with Kristen Stewart, where Gaspar Noé chatted with Nicolas Winding Refn and where Jean Dujardin posed with Sophie Marceau and Isabelle Huppert took place in a joyful atmosphere.
Louis Garrel "very relaxed"
The screening of
The Innocent
by Louis Garrel, in his little shoes at the idea of showing his film in front of filmmakers like David Cronenberg, Wim Wenders, Elia Suleiman or Paolo Sorrentino, added to the general good mood.
"I'm very relaxed," he said jokingly, but bursts of laughter and applause reassured him.
He hugged his mother, to whom the film is dedicated, under the tender gaze of Anouk Grimberg, Roschdy Zem and Noémie Merlan, his very moved actors.
The party continued at the… market.
That of Forville had been transformed into a banquet room where the guests tasted courgette flowers, lobster and a “meringue with maras des bois” concocted by the two-starred chef Bruno Oger.
If the taste buds were at the party, it was above all a pleasure for a cinephile to see Guillermo Del Toro honoring the meal or Gaspar Noé, happy as a child at the table of Abel Ferrara.
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