Meryl Streep will be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony of 77th Cannes Film Festival which will take place on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Tuesday 14 May. A famous figure in cinema, the American actress will kick off the next edition which will end on Saturday 25 May with the awarding of the prizes by the President of the Jury, Greta Gerwig.
After Jeanne Moreau, Marco Bellocchio, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jane Fonda, Agnès Varda, Forest Whitaker And Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep will receive the Festival’s honorary Palme d’Or. 35 years after winning best actress for Evil Angelshis only Cannes appearance to date, Meryl Streep will make its long-awaited return to the Croisette.
“I am immensely honored to receive the news of this prestigious award. Winning an award at Cannes has always represented the highest achievement in the art of cinema for the international community of artists. Standing in the shadow of those previously honored makes me humble and emotional in equal measure. I can’t wait to come to France to thank everyone in person this May!” He has declared Meryl Streep.
“We all have something of Meryl Streep in us!” Iris Knobloch And Thierry Frémaux they said: “We all have something in us of Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, Out of Africa, The Bridges of Madison County, The Devil Wears Prada and Mamma Mia because it has spanned nearly 50 years of cinema and embodied countless masterpieces, Meryl Streep does part of our collective imagination, of our shared love for cinema.”
