Meryl Streep is preparing to receive an honorary Palme at the Cannes Film Festival
American actress Meryl Streep will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony Cannes Film Festival On May 14, according to what the organizers announced on Thursday.
Streep (74 years old) – one of the most famous actresses in history HollywoodShe has three Oscars to name the best actress out of 21. Her career has also been filled with many successful works, including “The Dare Hunter,” “Out of Africa” and “Kramer vs. Kramer,” as well as family-friendly films, such as “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Mamma Mia!”. But ironically, she only participated once in the Cannes Film Festival, in which she won the best actress award for the film “A Cry in the Dark” in 1989.
“I am deeply honored to receive the news that I have received this prestigious award,” Streep said in a statement “For the international community of artists, receiving an award at Cannes is always represents the highest achievement in the art of filmmaking.” “Standing in the shadow of those who have been honored before is both humbling and inspiring,” she said.
In turn, the organizers of the festival said in a statement: “As her career spanned nearly 50 years in cinema and included masterpieces, Meryl Streep part of our collective imagination and our collective love of cinema.”
Meryl Streep joins a group of Hollywood stars attending the festival in France’s Côte d’Azur region, including director George Lucas, creator of the “Star Wars” film series, who will also receive an award at the closing ceremony in recognition of his entire career. The famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli will also receive an honorary Palme d’Or, the first time this award has been given to a group and not an individual.
At the end of April last year, the organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced the members of the jury for the upcoming 77th session, which will take place between May 14 and 25. The festival administration chose four men and four women as part of jury will be the American director Greta Gerwig (40 years old), whose film was successful. “Barbie” A huge commercial success over the past year. Knowing that the presidency of the jury has never been held by someone of this age since Sophia Loren held it in 1966.
(AFP)
