Reunion between two lovers. Two key figures in French cinema: Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel. Together from 1998 to 2003, the two actors defend this Wednesday evening, in Cannes, The passion of Dodin Bouffant, the new feature film of the Franco-Vietnamese Tran Anh Hùng. After a flashy red carpet, the film team entered the Palais des Festivals. And Benoît Magimel seemed to take care of his ex-companion, who we felt tense.
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If they form today an ardent duo on the screen, we often forget that Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel lived an idyll at the beginning of the 2000s, after their meeting in 1998 on the set of Children of the Century. Juliette Binoche was then 34 years old; Benoît Magimel, ten years younger, and was determined never to mix professional and private life. This was without counting the chemistry that unites him with his playing partner. On December 16, 1999, the couple, officially, gave birth to a daughter, Hana. A child they then always kept away from prying eyes.
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The round belly of Virginie Efira
This Wednesday, the climb of the steps was also marked by the presence of Virginie Efira, omnipresent on the Croisette this year. On the poster of two films, she walked the red carpet for Love and the Forests, by Valérie Donzelli, screened out of competition at 20 p.m. In a black sequined dress, the Belgian actress unveiled her round belly, after formalizing her pregnancy on May 15 on the cover of Télérama. All smiles and obviously talkative, she did not hesitate to lend herself to the game of autographs and selfies before climbing the steps on the arm of her sidekick Melvil Poupaud.
This red carpet was also political. Fist raised in front of the photocall, the team of The Flower of Buriti, a film by João Salaviza in the official selection of the "Un Certain Regard" section, unfurled a banner committed to demanding the protection of the Amazon rainforest and the future of indigenous peoples. A spotlight like Cannes knows how to do it so well.
