“Elvis“, the biopic by Baz Luhrmann, set fire to the Croisette last night.
The competition for the Palme d’Or resumes today with “Les Bonnes Etoiles” by Hirokazu Kore-Eda.
The stars, the films, the strong images and the controversies…

Cannes 2022, it’s rolling! After a summer edition in Covid-19 mode, the most famous film festival is back in May with a dream cast. Tom Cruise, Kristen Stewart, Idris Elba, Lea Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen, Michelle Williams, Tom Hanks… Hollywood stars met on the Croisette to the delight of autograph hunters at the foot of the steps of the Palais des Festivals.

N NEW OSCAR FOR TOM HANKS?

He undertook an impressive physical transformation to slip into the skin of Colonel Parker, Elvis Presley‘s odious manager in Baz Luhrmann’s film. Tom Hanks was back this Thursday at the Palais des Festivals for the photocall and the traditional conference. Perhaps the beginning of the path before a third Oscar, after those won for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump…

ON THE SCREENS

Who said Cannes films were disconnected from reality?

QUEEN OF INFLUENCE

Instagram superstar, the French influencer Lena Situations caused a sensation on Wednesday evening on the steps where she came to attend the preview of the film “Elvis“. Something to delight its community and its sponsors.

CANNES DAY 10, LET’S GO

A rock n’ roll wind blew on the Croisette on Wednesday evening with the out-of-competition presentation of “Elvis”, the biopic by Baz Luhrmann, in the presence of many celebrities, from Shakira to Georgina Rodriguez, Mrs. Cristiano Ronalo, to the Italian group Manneskin , winner of Eurovision last year.

No Kylian Mbappé on the steps, however. The striker, who has just extended his contract with PSG, nevertheless animated the evening since he went to the evening of the film, surrounded by a few friends, not hesitating to take selfies and autographs on his way.

On the competition side, we were able to discover “Stars at noon” by Claire Denis last night, before the return today of the Japanese Hirokazu Kore-Eda. Four years after the Palme d’or for “A family affair”, he returns with “Les Bonnes Etoiles”, shot in South Korea with Song Kang-ho, the star of “Parasite”.