Cannes 2023 in 10 stunning photos

Cannes without a moment of shame, controversy, surprise or prestige, would no longer be Cannes. If moviegoers follow the events in dark rooms, the general public sees above the festival its panel of more or less welcome stars… And some interesting pictures.

Johnny Depp receives an ovation

The first conflict, predictable and expected (even expected by the organizers?), concerned the film of Maïwenn, the director of “Jeanne du Barry” (the professional side) and

press bully for (his spare time)where he responds to Johnny Depp, a few months after his fierce lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard, who accuses him of domestic violence.

A dispute that had no effect on the rise of the two steps, and even less inside: the public gave Johnny Depp a long cheer.

Catherine Deneuve pays tribute to Ukraine

Welcomed by her daughter Chiara Mastroianni, mistress of the festival’s opening ceremony, Catherine Deneuve was assured. “Think a lot about Ukraine” for now.

Then he announced a poem by Lessia Oukraïnka“Hope”, which opens with these words: “I no longer have joy or freedom / Only one hope remains for me / To return one day to my beautiful Ukraine”.

Ukraine: an activist sprinkles himself with fake blood

If we can’t imagine Catherine Deneuve leaving the stage for her support for Ukraine, this is what happened to this activist dressed in the colors of the country. Before the screening of the Russian film, he climbed the stairs before pouring a bag of fake blood on himself, after which he was quickly removed by the security department.

Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford were honored

From the opening night, Michael Douglas received an honorary Palme d’Or, presented by Catherine Deneuve “herself”, for his entire career. The price that the actor assured him that “it really touched him”. “This festival is 76 years old, and I have more. Besides, seeing the overview of the films of my career, I wonder how I could last”joked the 78-year-old actor.

Another prestigious Palme d’or, this surprise:

the one given to Harrison Ford, who came to present the fifth part of the Indiana Jones adventure out of competition. The 80-year-old actor said to himself “I am very touched by this difference”.

The return of Martin Scorsese

Well rounded, with Robert De Niro on one side and Leonardo Di Caprio on the other,

Martin Scorsese is back in Cannes for a long time, with “Killers of the Flower Moon”, his last film was presented in previews and in competition. Scorsese and Cannes is a love story that dates back to 1976, with the Palme d’Or for “Taxi Driver”. He was also the chairman of the jury in 1998.

Environment is also invited to Cannes

On May 22, the center of the festival, 400 film professionals also launched a manifesto called “CUT!” (Cinéma Uni pour la Transition), asking the world of cinema to mobilize to speed up the ecological transition. “Cinema is an industry of pollution and extraction”they explain. “Average fires emit as much CO2 as thirty-seven round trips from Paris to New York.”

Among the signatories, we find the director Cyril Dion, or the actors Isabelle Adjani, Louis Garrel and Natalie Portman.

Grossophobia and insults to Lena Conditions

The influencer was the target of many offensive messages after climbing the ladder, as was actress Anna Biolay. Wearing a dress designed by designer Vivienne Westwood in 1994, she endured a barrage of negative and hateful comments on social media. To which he chose to answer: “For two years I have made the choice not to use any filter again to show an honest image […] This feeling of not being in the right body is a new feeling“, he regrets. He also got many points of support.

Ken Loach, the end?

At the age of 86, Ken Loach says this is his last, final film to be screened in competition this Saturday. Always committed and passionate about the story of inequality affecting the weakest, the British filmmaker evokes in “The Old Oak” the arrival of Syrian refugees in an English village. Ken Loach is for the fifteenth time (and therefore, a priori, the last) selected in Cannes, where he presented 20 films in total in his career.

John C. Reilly, track and sprint

The president of the jury of “Un Certain Regard”, the American actress gave a short pause to the festival-goers this Friday evening. While the prize winner, Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex, has just been announced, its British director is missing. John C. Reilly then decides to “give it away” … by pumping dirt.

Final lap: Molly Manning Walker arrives seconds later, running, making one last dash to the stage to collect her prize. Like, in Cannes, anything can happen.