05/14 at 8:13 p.m.
Time for Quentin Dupieux’s “Second Act”
After this very female opening ceremony, it’s a director’s movie which opens this pageant. The Second Act by Quentin Dupieux will now be screened within the Louis Lumière room, within the presence of the movie crew.
This dwell is now over, thanks for following it. Don’t hesitate to seek the advice of the listing of movies in competitors within the official choice.
05/14 at 8:10 p.m.
Juliette Binoche and Meryl Streep declare the 77th Cannes Movie Competition open
After paying tribute to Juliette Binoche, Meryl Streep receives an honorary Palme d’Or. The 2 actresses declare the 77th Cannes Movie Competition open.
05/14 at 7:50 p.m.
Juliette Binoche presents a palm of honor to Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep arrives on stage to the sound of music from Out of Africa, after a brief video evocation of her prolific profession. Within the room, the viewers is standing to welcome him.
“You might be a global treasure”: very moved, Juliette Binoche pays tribute to the actress.
“You could have modified the best way we see ladies on this planet of cinema, and you’ve got given us a brand new picture of ourselves,” says Juliette Binoche.
Juliette Binoche and Meryl Streep throughout the opening ceremony of the Cannes pageant, Could 14, 2024. © CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP
“I am simply so pleased that you have not gotten uninterested in my apple,” says Meryl Streep, moved behind her glasses and wearing an ivory draped gown.
Two different Palms of Honor shall be offered throughout this 77th version, one at Studio Ghibli on Could 20 and the opposite to director George Lucas, father of the smart Star Wars throughout the closing ceremony.
05/14 at 7:42 p.m.
Zaho de Sagazan performs “Fashionable Love” by David Bowie
Singer Zaho de Sagazan performs David Bowie’s hit, Fashionable Love, soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s movie with Greta Gerwig Frances Ha.
05/14 at 7:39 p.m.
Greta Gerwig says she is “honored” to have been chosen as president of the jury
In a brief speech, jury president Greta Gerwig talks about her love of cinema and her pleasure of discovering the movies in competitors.
05/14 at 7:32 p.m.
Camille Cottin welcomes the members of the jury
The members of the jury may have the troublesome job of deciding between 22 movies in competitors this 12 months, directed by 18 males and 4 ladies.
Omar Sy, Eva Inexperienced, Lily Gladstone, Nadine Labaki, Juan Antonio Bayona, Ebru Ceylon, Perfrancesco Favino and Kore-eda Hirokazu arrive on stage with Greta Gerwig, the jury president.
05/14 at 7:26 p.m.
Camille Cottin, mistress of ceremonies welcomes us to the “Cannes vortex”
This 12 months she is the mistress of ceremonies. Camille Cottin launches right into a speech stuffed with humor and emotion, describing the “Cannes vortex”.
“You might be about to enter a parallel world known as the Cannes vortex. On this world, area, time, and well being too, will turn into considerably obscure notions.”
“I wish to level out that nocturnal skilled conferences within the lodge rooms of omnipotent gents are not a part of the habits and customs of the Cannes vortex, following the adoption of the MeToo legislation,” she says, bursting the abscess immediately.
Camille Cottin, mistress of ceremonies on the Cannes pageant, Could 14, 2024. © Valery HACHE / AFP
05/14 at 7:15 p.m.
Arrival of Léa Seydoux and Vincent Lindon, actors within the movie by Quentin Dupieux, offered on the opening
The actors of Quentin Dupieux’s movie, The Second Act, offered on the opening of this pageant, are making ready to climb the steps to the sound of Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns. There, across the director, are Léa Seydoux, Raphaël Quenard, Manuel Guillot, Vincent Lindon and Louis Garrel.
05/14 at 7:03 p.m.
The official choice jury arrives
Who will succeed Justine Triet and her movie Anatomy of a Fall? They’re those who will determine.
The jury, chaired by Barbie director Greta Gerwig, arrives on the pink carpet.
The Cannes 2024 jury, Could 14, 2024, earlier than the opening ceremony. © Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
05/14 at 6:57 p.m.
Actress Meryl Streep arrives on the Palais des Festivals
Whereas the jury remains to be awaited, Meryl Streep is making ready to go up the steps. The American actress will obtain an honorary Palme d’Or this night celebrating her fabulous profession.
That is Meryl Streep’s huge return to the Croisette. The American actress has not come to the Competition because the presentation in 1989 of Un cri dans la nuit, which gained her the prize for greatest actress.
Thierry Fremaux, Meryl Streep and Iris Knobloch on the opening ceremony of the 77th Cannes Movie Competition on Could 14, 2024. © Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
05/14 at 6:02 p.m.
#Metoo on everybody’s minds
The topic of sexual violence is current as not often, seven years after the autumn of American producer Harvey Weinstein, and 5 months after Judith Godrèche spoke out in France.
The mistress of ceremonies Camille Cottin promised AFP to not overlook “the profound questions” of the occupation. She assured that the #MeToo topic wouldn’t be “obscured in any respect”.
05/14 at 5:53 p.m.
The jury on the pink carpet
The jury for this 77th version of the pageant is led by actress and director Greta Gerwig.
The jury is made up of French actors Omar Sy and Eva Inexperienced, American actress Lily Gladstone, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, Spanish director and producer Juan Antonio Bayona, Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, Italian actor Perfrancesco Favino and Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu.
Members of the jury of the 2024 Cannes Movie Competition. © Valery HACHE / AFP
05/14 at 5:49 p.m.
The steps of the Palais des Festivals adorned in pink
The legendary carpet was rolled out this Tuesday morning, and is about to be trodden by a bunch of stars.
The pink carpet rolled out on the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, Could 14, 2024. © Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP
On the safety aspect, “a strong system is deliberate, of the identical high quality as in earlier years with the specificity of the worldwide context and a degree of threat additionally linked to the media publicity of France with the Olympic Video games”, indicated to AFP Benoît Huber, chief of workers of the prefect of Alpes-Maritimes.
05/14 at 5:41 p.m.
It is the beginning of the 77th Cannes Movie Competition
Hi there everybody and welcome to this dwell. Collectively we’ll comply with the opening ceremony of the 77th Cannes Movie Competition. This ceremony shall be adopted by the screening of the opening movie, The Second Act, by Quentin Dupieux.