Have we ever seen so many stars on a red carpet? The phenomenal climb of the steps of the 75th anniversary of the festival

For its 75th anniversary, the Cannes Film Festival has seen things big.

Celebrities from all walks of life have thus made an appointment on the Croisette, this Tuesday, May 24, to celebrate this anniversary.

In addition to this whirlwind of glitter and flashes, Louis Garrel came this evening to present his film

, alongside Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg and Noémie Merlant.

A high mass of cinema which began in style, around 6 p.m., with the arrival of Mads Mikkelsen.

The actor took the time to greet his peers, before climbing the steps on the arm of his wife, Hanne Jacobsen, of a proud port.

At the start of the evening, Benjamin Biolay sketched a few dance steps to the music of

Rossy de Palma took part in the autograph game, closely followed by Agathe Rousselle and Camélia Jordana, who posed as a duo.

La Croisette then saw the behemoths of world cinema surge.

In video, “06400-Cannes”: the postcard from the Cannes Film Festival 2022, episode 2

A “beautiful breath”

Around 6:10 p.m., we saw Diane Kruger on the arm of her companion Norman Reedus, who preceded Michel Hazanavicius and Bérénice Bejo, sublime in a sparkling jumpsuit and red skirt.

Then, it was the turn of Julie Gayet, Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean Dujardin, Raphaël Personnaz, JR or even Emmanuelle Béart to enter the scene.

French cinema thus celebrated its reunion with real jubilation, from Sophie Marceau to Sandrine Kiberlain, via Mélanie Laurent, Benoît Magimel, Tahar Rahim, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Agnès Jaoui and Louise Bourgoin.

“I kind of feel like I'm celebrating my 75th birthday too, joked the heroine of

(1980).

It's a nice breath of fresh air to be in Cannes in this crazy world.

There are a few stories, creation, art.

Elsa Zylberstein, Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Reda Kateb and Isabelle Huppert were also there.

On the Hollywood side, Jake Gyllenhaal offered a remarkable arrival on the arm of his French partner Jeanne Cadieu, wearing a pink kiss dress.

Her sister Maggie didn't miss anything from the event either.

Just like Cara Delevingne, Bella Hadid or even Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen, heroes of the film

.

Movie giants

Some of the greatest directors on the planet, from David Cronenberg to Guillermo del Toro, including Jacques Audiard, Ladj Ly, Claude Lelouch and Bertrand Bonello, were also present.

The festival jury, made up of Vincent Lindon, Deepika Padukone, Noomi Rapace, Rebecca Hall, Ladj Ly, Jasmine Trinca, Asghar Farhadi, Jeff Nichols and Joachim Trier, entered around 6:45 p.m.

Louis Garrel brought up the rear, accompanied by the team from

 : Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg and Noémie Merlant.

"As a director, I don't really direct actors, because they're so big they don't need to be directed," said the filmmaker.

The cinema giants have in any case responded to the screening of his feature film.

Happy to see each other again to celebrate, once again, the cinema.