CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the introduction of Spike Lee's jury, the premiere of Leos Carax's “Annette” and high hopes of shrugging off the pandemic and a punishing year for movies.
The 74th Cannes opened Tuesday with as much glitz as it could summon. “Annette,” a fantastical musical starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard and scored by the musical duo Sparks, was to debut in the evening.
The opening ceremony was to include last year's Palme d'Or winner, Bong Joon Ho (for “Parasite") and an honorary Palme for Jodie Foster, who first came to Cannes as a 13-year-old with Martin Scorsese's “Taxi.
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