like a rainy Wednesday on the steps of Cannes
CLIMBING THE STEPS – Day 2. After the standing ovation of the film Jeanne du Barry this Tuesday, Cannes was on Japanese time, with the screening of the thriller Monster, by director Kore-eda. The red carpet will also have been marked by the parade of the team of Strange Way of Lifea western short film by Pedro Almodóvar.
Nothing new under the Cannes sun. Or rather, should we say in the rain on the Croisette… On this gray and humid Wednesday, the Cannes Film Festival rolled out its red carpet to the team of Kaibutsu (Monster), Japanese film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Palme d’or in 2018 for A family matter and Jury Prize in 2013 for Like father, like son, the Japanese director returns for the seventh time in competition with a thriller on the links between a mother, her young son and his teacher. Heads known to the general public climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals for the occasion, where Thierry Frémaux and Iris Knobloch, respectively delegate general and new president of the Cannes Film Festival, welcomed them. In particular, we had the opportunity to see the director Gaspar Noé, mustache version, the actress Ludivine Sagnier, the model Iris Law, daughter of Jude Law and Sadie Frost, in an outfit all in transparency or the American Viola Davis .
Thomas Cailley’s film crew, The Animal Kingdom, which appears in the Un certain regard selection, also made its appearance at 6:30 p.m. Romain Duris got out of a BMW under the crackle of flashes before indulging in a short session of autographs and selfies. A game to which Adèle Exarchopoulos also lent herself, also on the poster of the film, visibly in the mood to multiply the pouts.
On video, in Cannes, Chiara Mastroianni granted us a few moments suspended for a photo
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But the highlight of this second day of the Cannes Film Festival will above all have been the arrival on the red carpet of the actors of Strange Way of Life, a western short film by Pedro Almodóvar and produced by Anthony Vaccarello, artistic director of Yves Saint Laurent since 2016, co-producer of the film and designer of the costumes. The director of Pain and Glory posed in front of the photocall with American Ethan Hawke before climbing the stairs alongside Manuel Ríos (star of the series Elite), Jason Fernandez, José Condessa and George Steane. Three of them had bet on a plunging neckline, revealing their bare torso under the jacket. Yet another proof that the neckline is not reserved for women. After his Women on the verge of a nervous breakdownPedro and his men on the edge of a little cold snap?
