Meryl Streep honoured in emotional ceremony as Cannes opens • FRANCE 24 English

let’s lighten things a little bit shall we competition at the can film festival officially kicks off today after its opening last night highlights set today in fact include the return of the Mad Max Saga with furiosa and the opening as well of inet rard section with Judith God’s short film mu OC last night though a special honor given out at the opening to the American actress Merill Street let’s hear from stre and from the woman as well who presented her with that award Juliet BOS change the way we look at women in the [Applause] cinema you changed the way we look at women in the cinema world and also helping us to look at ourselves differently to you every every one of you in the in the audience because um I’m just so grateful that you haven’t gotten sick of my face that you haven’t gotten off of the train I love the way it’s Merill Street consoling Jud Juliet B you think it would be the other way around but anyway behind the glitz uh though there is still much to talk about at can as it has its me too moment Camy Knight has more for us as the red carpet is rolled out a heavy atmosphere weighs over again the meoo movement has cast a shadow over the world’s biggest Film Festival it doesn’t just ruin the festival it ruins the film indust as a whole we think about it more during the festival but we actually think about it all the time when we go to the cinema it’s true we’ve heard a lot of rumors about it so I think it’s going to be slightly different this year compared to other festivals or previous editions on everyone’s mind this open letter published in lon’s newspaper where a hundred figures of the film industry have called for a new all-encompassing law on sexual violence posing in a historic photo there’s also this investigation into film producer Alan Sal published in L magazine nine women including actresses en M and Lauren Scot accuse him of harassment sexual assault and in some cases rape one actress anonymously claimed the producer sexually abused her in the 80s when she was still a minor s has denied the accusations he says he’s outraged and devastated it’s against this tense backdrop that actress Judi GES and now leading figure for the movement is also expected in again it takes time you have to be loud Express Yourself say things how they are the actress will be presenting a short film at the festival in which she portrays a thousand victims of sexual violence yeah a lot more coverage it can to come during the day on France 24

Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition. More information with FRANCE 24 news anchor Stuart Norval and FRANCE 24 journalists Camille Knight, Corinne Le Quéré, Antoine Jacquet and Alexis Fischer.
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