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Jewelery theft, Covid rumor, Deneuve's return… The eight highlights of the Cannes Film Festival

2021-07-17T04:19:59.999Z


The 74th edition of the rendezvous of the Croisette, particularly awaited this year, is withdrawing. Back on the key moments of this successful meeting despite the shadow of the virus.


Long under the sign of uncertainty, the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will have taken place, and finally without too much trouble.

No proven cluster or disproportionate controversy: the essential event of the 7th art will have taken place in good humor and in the joy of finding stars, rhinestones and sequins on the red carpet.

Le Figaro takes

you back to the highlights of the Festival, a few hours before the closing ceremony.

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The coronation of Jodie Foster

During the opening ceremony, the American actress of

Taxi Driver

,

Panic Room

and

The Silence of the Lambs

received her palm of honor.

Many of us have spent a year locked in our bubbles, isolated.

Others, faced with suffering, pain… And here we are at last!

“, Rejoiced the actress, accompanied by his wife.

A great award presented by the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar and the mistress of ceremonies Doria Tillier.

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Matt Damon, American star of choice

The star who came straight from across the Atlantic to present

Stillwater

created a sensation on the first Friday of the festival.

During the press conference, the actor of

Seul sur Mars

did not hesitate to declare his love for Marseille, the city in which the thriller was filmed for several months.

After the screening of the film, a standing ovation of more than five minutes crowned the film in which he plays an unarmed father, in search of his daughter.

He is helped in his quest by Virginie, played by the French Camille Cottin.

The latter confided to having had "

the

heart which beat when I met him

".

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Matt Damon and Camille Cottin received a standing ovation of more than five minutes at the end of the screening of

Stillwater

John MACDOUGALL / AFP

Benedetta,

lesbianism and Catholicism on the Croisette

Whether it rained or not,

Benedetta

did not leave you indifferent.

And for good reason, the subject was not the most banal.

Last Friday, Paul Verhoeven presented the story of the 17th century Italian nun, Benedetta Carlini, played by Virginie Efira, whose attraction to the fairer sex will get her in serious trouble.

The film, one of the most anticipated of the official selection, left the spectators divided, some applauding the theme and the game of the Belgian actress, others regretting the violence of certain scenes.

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Benedetta

de Verhoeven: the stigmas of a libidinous turnip

Jewelery stolen from a junkyard in Cannes

Who says stars and sequins, also says designer dresses and sumptuous jewelry several thousand euros.

Information that did not escape the burglars, who raged on the Croisette.

Last Sunday, the

Hollywood Reporter

and

Nice Matin

revealed that the British actress Jodie Turner-Smith, known for her role in the series

True Bloods

, had been the victim of a theft in her hotel room in Cannes.

Several jewels were stolen from him, and have still not been found since.

The exact amount of the stolen items was not disclosed by the police.

Read also: Embarkation for Cannes: Nanni Moretti acclaimed, Kirill Serebrennikov regretted and a heist in Cannes

The great comeback of Catherine Deneuve

Two years after her stroke, Catherine Deneuve made her comeback at the Cannes Film Festival, Sunday July 11.

On the bill in

During her lifetime

by Emmanuelle Bercot, one of the greatest actresses in French cinema was accompanied by Cécile de France and Benoît Magimel.

A triumphant welcome was reserved for him, between respectful silences and thunderous applause.

Deneuve will confide in a press conference: "

I think that I have never been moved like that in Cannes

".

A moment of joy before the pain of mourning, since her mother, Renée Dorléac, died at the same time in Paris.

To read also: Death at 109 of actress Renée Dorléac, mother of Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve was accompanied for her climb of the stairs by Oscar Morgan, Emmanuelle Bercot and Benoît Magimel.

John MACDOUGALL / AFP

Titanium

, between discomfort and nausea

If

Benedetta

shocked some,

Titane

by Julia Ducournau without hesitation wins the palm of discomfort. Last Tuesday, the session at the Palais des Festivals did not really take place in peace. According to AFP, around twenty spectators had to be evacuated and taken care of by firefighters, shocked by the images they had just seen. An audience that probably did not support the sight of Vincent Lindon, bodybuilder like never before, going in search of his son who has been missing for ten years, while having to avoid a serial killer totally out of control. Some even confided to have felt “

the urge to vomit

” following the viewing of this shocking feature film.

Read also:

Titanium

causes some discomfort at official screening in Cannes

Valérie Lemercier, radiant with emotions

After multiple postponements due to the health crisis,

Aline

was finally able to shine on the Croisette, Wednesday July 14.

Valérie Lemercier, both in front of and behind the camera for this fake biopic inspired by the life of Celine Dion, did not hide her joy at being in Cannes.

For our journalist on the spot, Benjamin Puech, “

his climb of the stairs and his press conference were unlike any other

”.

Between tears of happiness and warm hugs, The actress shone alongside the other comedians of the film and her vocal double Victoria Sio.

His three sisters also accompanied him during this resolutely emotional moment.

To read also: Embarkation for Cannes: Léa Seydoux renounces the Festival, Valérie Lemercier enchants, Mélanie Thierry electrifies

Valérie Lemercier did not hide her emotion to present her film

Aline

on the Croisette.

John MACDOUGALL / AFP

The Covid, the essential guest

Long threatened by the pandemic, the Festival has managed to compose despite the threat of the virus. But not without escaping a little controversy on social networks. Indeed, several Internet users have expressed their anger, following the many photographs presenting the stars and spectators without masks and without distancing. Thierry Frémaux reacted on Twitter, explaining that the cluster rumors were "

unfounded

" and that "we

are all very careful, we all want to be exemplary, that the festival goes to the end

". The only downside is Léa Seydoux, showing four films this year, was unable to make the trip to Cannes because of the virus. The actress, although vaccinated and asymptomatic, tested positive for Covid. "

Unfortunately, I have to remain in quarantine in Paris,

”she said in a statement.

"

I would like to be able to celebrate the return of cinema at my favorite festival, but it is in everyone's interest that I remain cautious and that I participate in ensuring the safety and health of everyone,

" said she clarified.

To read also: Embarkation for Cannes: the specter of the Covid, the lines of Roselyne Bachelot and the failures of the red carpet

Source: lefigaro

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