Film festival starts in Cannes
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The film festival starts in Cannes today. It is the 79th festival. Many stars come to the festival. They walk on the red carpet. But this year is different. Big companies from Hollywood send fewer films. Hollywood fears bad reviews. Bad reviews mean fewer viewers. Companies prefer to show films on TikTok. They control the ads better there. Only 2 films from the USA are in the contest. One film is Paper Tiger with Scarlett Johansson. The festival shows more films from Europe. German stars are also there. The actress Sandra Hüller acts in the film Fatherland. The director Paweł Pawlikowski made this film. 22 films fight for the main prize. This prize is the Golden Palm. A famous guest is John Travolta. He shows his first film as a director. The film is about a boy and flying. Travolta loves flying in his free time. This film is very important for him. A team of a TV show is there too. The show is called White Lotus. The team makes new episodes during the festival. The show is about the contest in Cannes. The actor Vincent Cassel acts in the show. He is also in another film in the contest. A group of women criticizes the festival poster. You see 2 women on the poster. But only 5 of 22 films are from women. The group thinks that is not good. They want more rights for female directors. The festival lasts 12 days.
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Definitions
- Golden Palm
- The Golden Palm is the main prize for the best film.
People
- John Travolta
- John Travolta is a famous actor.
- Sandra Hüller
- Sandra Hüller is a famous German actress.
- Scarlett Johansson
- Scarlett Johansson is a famous actress from the USA.
Locations
- Cannes
- Cannes is a city in France.
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79. Filmfestspiele von Cannes - Viel Arthouse, weniger Starpower, aber ein Hauch «White Lotus»
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