Anaïs Demoustier is on the poster of Katell Quillévéré's Temps d'aimer. She also chairs the jury of the Caméra d'or, which rewards the best first film of Cannes.
23 films are in the running this year, including Steve McQueen, Jim Jarmusch, or Jafar Panahi. The actress plays Madeleine, a character inspired by the director's grandmother. She plays a bourgeois student recovered from polio, who represses his homosexual desires.