The 77th Cannes Film Festival has begun with Meryl Streep receiving an honorary Palme D'Or after 35 years away from the croisette. There were also plaudits for highly anticipated return of Messi the dog and the new film from French surrealist Quentin Dupieux.
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00:00The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival started off in great style, with Meryl Streep
00:11being crowned with an Honoré Palme d'Or and returning to the festival after 35 years.
00:17Other highlights so far include another return, that of Messi the dog from Anatomy of a Fall,
00:22and Quentin Dupuy with his new film, The Second Act.
00:25Other things we're looking forward to, and making a major bust on the Croisette this
00:29year, are the returns of some heavyweight titans like Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg
00:35or even George Miller with his Mad Max sequel.
00:38There's also been much talk about the possible presence of dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad
00:43Razulov, who fled Iran, who will hopefully be here on the Croisette to present his competition
00:48film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
00:50However, two things threaten to overshadow the festivities this year.
00:54First, a possible strike action from disgruntled festival workers, and a rumoured publication
01:00of a Me Too report, which threatens to name names.
01:04This comes at a time when the French film industry is wrestling with the Me Too movement,
01:08and that movement has been spearheaded by French actress Judith Godrej, who will be
01:12here this week on the Croisette.
01:15From Cannes, David Morricone, Euronews Culture.