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
Double vision: how long can we maintain the ruse of championing artistic freedom and civil liberties in cinemas surrounded by hundreds of cops and A.I.-powered cameras and staffed by underpaid workers?