Uma Thurman, Francis Ford Coppola, Emma Stone… A bunch of films at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes without stars ne serait pas Cannes. Visitors, many who wish: before choosing films, curiosity lurks behind the gates on the border with international observations that shorten plus a grand cinematic rendezvous per year. After the ceremony on Tuesday evening, there are no names to scrutinize the robe and the speeches of master of ceremonies Camille Cotten, who opens the celebrations. In these cases, Greta Gerwig, the president of the jury (composed of Eva Green, Nadine Labaki, Pierfrancesco Favino, Omar Sy…), does not want to be happy about Barbie dolls.

Before the gala overture, sur-le-tapis-rouge at the Palais des Festivals, casting Second act presented by the hourly competition of Quentin Dupieux, the aura suggested the échantillon de ce that French cinema has to offer: tone decale (le style Dupieux), an international porter (Léa Seydoux), an elegant disinvolture (Louis Garrel), an engaged political conscience (Vincent Lindon) and an originality of humor and tone (Raphael Kenard). Mais en venant de Paris or Los Angeles, Tehran or Lisbon, and the universities of David Cronenberg, Paolo Sorrentino, Kirill Serebrennikov or Jia Zhang-ke, stars that shine with all faces and sparkle like the fire of all designers.