je declare le soixante dixieme festival de cannes ouvert. applause. meryl streep and france s juliette binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it was a veritable feast, a combination of commercial blockbusters like furiosa: a mad max saga. do you have it in you to make it epic? ..together with some great international cinema. including india s first film in competition in three decades. if i get to be number 47 back in the united states, we re going to really make it a big bang. it s going to be big. it s going to be the biggest bang ever. it ll be the end of the world. and you can say that i did it. so that s the way it goes. you witness all kinds of sights in cannes. a donald trump impersonator was present at the premiere of a film portraying the former president s early years as a real estate developer. stars kept the red carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of las
carpets very busy. we got a good part of it. kevin costner was there, appearing in a new western. greta gerwig, director of last year s blockbuster hit barbie, was presiding over thejury. stars from many different generations came, including richard gere and uma thurman, and adam driver was keeping fans happy by signing autographs. the fans in cannes spend hours waiting for an encounter with a star. it s hard to wait a long time to see people, but i really like to do this. i have take a photo with chris hemsworth, anya taylor joy, eva green, faye dunaway. marion cotillard. cannes also reflected the struggles of the real world. there was a documentary on daily life in ukraine since russia s invasion, and there was a heavily anticipated film from iranian director mohammad rasoulof, a critic of the government, who secretly fled iran to make it to europe after being sentenced to prison. cannes has many different personalities and components, but at its heart are the 22 movies in
To what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejohn crowley of newsweek and the journalist Benedicte Paviot of france 24. Good evening. We are going to have a chat in a moment, first the front pages. The observer reports on what it describes as a savage attack on the head of the nhs by the childrens commissioner over the lack of Childrens Mental Health provision. The mail on sundays headline is that every patient visiting a Family Doctor or attending a hospital appointment in england will be asked to declare their Sexual Orientation. The sunday times leads on the same story, saying some have been warned of a backlash against intrusion into the private lives of patients. The paper also reports on the investigation being made by police in the uk over rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein in the 1980s. The sunday telegraph says theresa may is coming under pressure by the dup over the chancellors position on brexit suggesting he was trying to frustrate the negotiating proc