The opening ceremony of the 76th was held this evening Cannes Film Festivalthe protagonists of the film paraded on the Croisette Jeanne du Barry That officially raises the curtain on the iconic film festival which has reached its seventy-sixth edition this year. In addition to the highly anticipated Johnny Depp many film and fashion stars have paraded, including Catherine Deneuvethe legendary Michael Douglas, Golden Palm to career, Uma Thurman, Brie Larson, Paul DanoHelen Mirren, Elle Fanning and many others. Here are all the photos taken by our Luigi De Pompeis.

Michael Douglas, the prodigal son

A film by Amine Mestari – A production of Arte France and Folamour Productions, with the participation of Ciné+. An exceptional documentary shows us how Michael, an actor and producer like his father Kirk, must have had, throughout his exceptional career, to accept their similarity in order to affirm his difference. It’s time to figure out how to become Michael when your name is Douglas. Thanks to Arte, Ciné+ and Folamour. The documentary Michael Douglas, the prodigal son will soon be broadcast online on arte.tv

What do we know about Jeanne du Barry

In his sixth feature film Maiwenn will interpret Jeanne du Barry next to Johnny Depp as King Louis XV. The stars are also in the cast Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard, Pascal Greggory and India Hair. The film chronicles the life, rise and fall of King Louis XV’s favorite. Jeanne Vaubernier, a young working-class woman hungry for culture and pleasure, uses her intelligence and her charm to climb one rung of the social ladder after another. Of her She becomes the favorite of King Louis XV who, unaware of her status as a courtesan, regains through her his appetite for her life. The two fall madly in love and against all decorum and etiquette, Jeanne moves to Versailles, where her arrival scandalizes the court…