Cannes 2023 photos: Virgin Efira lights up the steps, Benoit Magimel and Juliette Binoche party

The French were out in force on the red carpet at the 76th Cannes Film Festival this Wednesday, May 24. Even when Nani Moretti presented Vers un avenir radiant, his ninth entry in the competition, in which we find a certain Mathieu Amalric.

Opposite him, Benoit Magimel presented his third film for the edition, Tran Ahn Hung’s appetizing La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, which marked his reunion with Juliette Binoche in Les Enfants du siècle 24 years later. The Revoir Paris actor’s partner Virginie Efira lit up the stairs with the chorus of Valerie Donzel’s new opus, L’Amour et les forêt.

The Mother of God is shining with a thousand lights

Like last year, Virgin did not present Efira “this” Two films at the Cannes Film Festival. AT See Paris again And Don Juan will be the new work of Valérie Donzel, which was released in French cinemas on Wednesday, May 24, when the Cannes audience discovered it. A marriage drama that turns into a Hitchcock thriller.

Love, forests and glamour

Virgin floated atop the steps of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, flanked by the L’Amour et les forêt team. They are: producers Alice Girard and Edward Weil, director Valérie Donzel (returning to the Croisette eight years after presenting Marguerite et Julienne in competition), Eric Reinhardt (author of the book that inspired the film) and Melville Pupo. Poster for his second Cannes movie after Jean du Barry.

Benoit Magimel and Juliette Binoche sit down to eat

In 1999, they were together on the poster of Children of the Century. And it took until 2023 to find them in a feature film. Another period film: Franco-Vietnamese Tran Hung’s La Passion de Dodin Bouffant (Camera d’Or in 1993 The Smell of Green Papaya). A feature film during dinner where love and gastronomy go hand in hand. There’s no doubt that his stomach must have rumbled during the official session.

Benoit Magimel rejoices

Two films in 2022 (Revoir Paris and Pacifiction), three in 2023 (Rosalie, Omar la Fraise and, therefore, La Passion de Dodin Bouffant): this year at Cannes, Benoit Magimel graces the public with his presence. offered a demented performance at Midnight Session. Is he telling his partner Juliette Binoche that he’s aiming for four Croisette films in 2024?

Of course, eat well

This Wednesday, May 24, gastronomy was undoubtedly at the center of the jury’s discussions. Before discovering La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, the excellent team led by Ruben Ostlund (pictured sixth from left) was invited to a traditional Aïoli de la presse organized by the mayor of Cannes in the heights of the city.

Between this event and the competition, Atiq Rahim, Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Julia Ducournau, Denis Menochet, Maryam Touzani, Damien Schiffron, Rungano Nyon and their president were well fed.

Nani Moretti in the fight for the double

Thanks to La Chambre du fils, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2001, Nani Moretti returned to the competition for the ninth time in her career. Will he join the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, Ruben Östlund, Ken Loach or Dardenne as dub writers? RSVP Saturday at the awards ceremony. Meanwhile, the Transalpine director took to the steps with his muse Margarita Bai and Mathieu Amalric.

Italy, 12 points

The contrast between the previous photo and this one shows that they are two different teams. But no, to Nani Moretti and Bright Future (Margarita Bai, co-screenwriter Federica Pontremoli and actress Barbora Bobulova), who start this choreography on the steps. As if initiating the film’s takeoff on the charts?

Butterfly of light

Still taking off, it goes without saying that Heidi Klum managed to turn heads with this stunning gown that made her look like an angel. And he might have had some trouble if the wind had been on the stairs at Dodin Buffan’s presentation of the passion. But there is no incident to mention on this side.

A skewer of talent

Once again this year, Unifrance has revealed ten talents that will shine in 2022 and should continue to light up dark rooms in the future. If all members of this promo “10 to watch” They were not on the stairs, although Nadia Tereskevic, Celine Devo, Paul Kircher, Bastien Bouillon or director Davey Cho gathered on the red carpet.

Respect in pictures

Climbing the steps of La Passion de Dodin Bouffant was also an opportunity for the photographers to pay tribute to two of their colleagues, Giancarlo Gorassin and Michael Jonner, who passed away this year.