Manori Ravindran International EditorNetflix is officially in the building.With both Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Hand of God” playing at the festival, the streaming giant made its splashy debut on the Lido on Thursday, holding an exclusive reception in the afternoon for their top executives and partners at the chic Hotel Excelsior.Netflix film boss Scott Stuber, a recent Variety cover star, arrived at the party with his wife, the actor and model Molly Sims — and was greeted almost immediately by Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux.
The irony was not lost on attendees, considering the streamer hasn’t premiered anything at Cannes since 2017, when Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja” and Noah Baumbach’s “The.
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