Stars on Cannes red carpet
Movie stars returned to the red carpet on Tuesday as the Cannes Film Festival came back after a year off.
The glamorous event is the first major film festival to take place fully in person since the start of the pandemic.
This year’s opening film was the band Sparks’ musical ‘Annette’, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.
There was no social distancing on the red carpet, and a no-kissing rule was immediately flouted on opening night by festival president Pierre Lescure.
US actor Driver told the Agence France Presse news agency: “Covid is still there, but it’s a huge sense of relief and excitement [to be in Cannes].”
At the end of the first screening, those inside the Palais des Festivals gave the Annette actors and film-makers a five-minute standing ovation.
Jodie Foster was also present to receive an honorary award celebrating her career from Spanish director Pedro Almodovar.
–BBC