The Cannes Film Festival 2024 is approaching and there will be many important moments. On the opening night, in addition to the screening of the opening film, there will also be the delivery of Meryl Streep from the Palme d’Or orcareer norm.
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A recognition that he will also receive in this 77th edition George Lucas.
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A festival full of great films: the long-awaited blockbuster by Francis Ford Coppola Megalopolis And Horizon, western epic by Kevin Costner, Furious: A Mad Max Saga” by George Miller, the unpublished work by Jean-Luc Godard and others that are of interest to us Italians.
As the Partenope by Paolo Sorrentino, in competition, The Damned by Roberto Minervini in Un Certain Regard, The art of joy by Valeria Golino, who will present her series to the public, the The Falling Sky produced by Donatella Palermo and Rai Cinema included among the films of the Quinzaine Des Cinéastes e Le Comte De Monte Cristowith Pierfrancesco Favino.
The devil wears Prada
Mery Streep Palme d’Or 2024
These are the words of Meryl Streep:
“I am immensely honored to receive the news of this prestigious award. Winning an award at Cannes, for the international community of artists, has always represented the greatest achievement in cinematographic art. Being in the shadow of those who have been honored before is humbling and exciting in equal measure. I can’t wait to come to France to thank everyone in person this May!”
As he also remembers Variety, who gave the news in preview, the awards ceremony will mark the return of the Streep in Cannes after over thirty years. His last participation in the festival dates back to A cry in the night di Fred Schepisi, for which she won the award for best actress in 1989.
Thierry Fremaux had been courting the diva for years in an attempt to bring her back to the Croisette for a tribute like this, and who declared:
“We all have something of Meryl Streep in us! We all have something Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, Out of Africa, The Bridges of Madison County, The Devil Wears Prada and Mamma Mia!
As he has spanned nearly 50 years of cinema and embodied countless masterpieces,
Meryl Streep is part of our collective imagination, of our shared love for cinema.”
