A Spice Girl, Jane Fonda and the jury's unfiltered dance on the steps of Cannes: it was the last climb

End clap for the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. This Saturday, May 27, directors, actors and actresses, in the running in the official selection, climbed the 24 steps of the Palais des Festivals for the grand closing ceremony. Indeed, it was time for the event to lower the curtain and for the jury chaired by Ruben Östlund to award its seven prizes, including the coveted Palme d'Or.

In video, the climb of the steps of May 26, 2023

It was the team of the film Gran Turismo who opened the ball of the last climb of the steps, led by the ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and Orlando Bloom. Then Kore-eda, winner of the Queer Palm Friday for Monster, walked the red carpet alongside his actress, Sakura Andō. We also saw the French filmmaker Justine Triet, in competition with the film Anatomy of a Fall. The director arrived arm in arm with several members of her team, including Antoine Reinartz and Sandra Hüller, her actor and lead actress, and her partner and co-writer, Arthur Harari. An hour later, she will leave with the supreme reward. His feature film follows the journey of Sandra, Samuel and their 11-year-old visually impaired sons. One day, Samuel is found dead at the foot of their house and his wife is suspected.

Denis Ménochet, the dancer

French actor Benoît Magimel signed a few autographs near the Palais before also heading towards the steps of Cannes, accompanied by his wife Margot Pelletier. On the poster of The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, the actor doubly caesarized (in 2022 and 2023) was once again aiming for the best actor award, already received for the film The Pianist, in 2001. He will leave empty-handed but praised by the Franco-Vietnamese director Trân Anh Hung who received the prize for directing.

Ruben Östlund's jury displayed great relaxation and complicity when it entered the red carpet of the Palais des Festivals. Some jurors led by Denis Ménochet even began a little dance "without filter" under the disconcerted gaze of the Swedish director. At the top of the steps, director Julia Ducournau, Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson and director Maryam Touzani embraced happily.

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Quentin Tarantino and Roger Corman

The victory of the French Justine Triet closes a fortnight to the climbs of the steps worthy of the greatest Hollywood competitions. Thus, we saw stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Maya Hawke, Natalie Portman, Robert De Niro, Jude Law, Martin Scorsese or Harrison Ford. This time, the curious were able to see in particular the actor Orlando Bloom, invited to present the jury prize.

A regular on the Croisette, Quentin Tarantino also appeared in the arms of his wife, Israeli singer Daniella Pick. For his part, he had the difficult task of awarding the Grand Prix. With him, the American director Roger Corman (The Raven, The Resurrection). Trophies presented in front of an audience of prestigious guests, such as actress Eva Longoria or Game of Thrones comedian Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

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Finally, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Vincent Lacoste, who lend their voices to the French version of the animated film Élémentaire, were the last to enter the Palais des Festivals. The film, which was chosen to close this beautiful ceremony, personifies elements of nature, water, earth, fire and air, who bond with each other. For a little philosophy, all in lightness.