Adam Driver, a French-fluent Jodie Foster, a suited Spike Lee and surprise guest Pedro Almodovar all marked the return of the Cannes Film Festival at a glamorous, emotional opening ceremony on Tuesday evening.The first festival gathering to be hosted without social-distanced screenings since the start of the pandemic a year-and half ago, Cannes pulled it off in a big way with the premiere of “Annette,” director Leos Carax’s musical starring Driver and Marion Cotillard.Making the humid evening even more poignant were homages to a pair of American legends, Foster and Lee, the latter serving as this year’s jury president.
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