The American actress Meryl Streep will be the great guest at the opening ceremony of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 14 to 25, and will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or, the organization indicated this Thursday in a release.
“Thirty-five years after winning the best actress award for ‘Evil Angels’ (1988), her only appearance at the Cannes Film Festival to date, she will make her long-awaited return to the Croisette” , celebrated the French contest in the message.
Meryl Streep declared herself “extremely honored” to receive the Palm of Honor, a tribute that in this edition will also be granted to the director George Lucas and Studio Ghibli.
“For the international community of artists, winning an award at Cannes has always represented the highest distinction in cinematographic art. Standing in the shadow of those who have already won is both humbling and exciting. “I can’t wait to go to France this May to thank everyone in person,” Streep said, according to the statement.
The protagonist of titles such as ‘Out of Africa’, ‘The Bridges of Madison County’ and ‘Sophie’s Choice’ was chosen for her presence in “countless masterpieces” throughout five decades of cinema, in the words of Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux, the president and artistic director of the Festival, and for being part “of the collective imagination.”
With three Oscars and a record 21 nominations, Streep “uses her intuition and hard work to reinvent herself with each appearance” on screen, the Festival also highlighted when reviewing her extensive resume, which also includes films such as ‘Mamma Mia!’, ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ (‘Kramer against Kramer’) or ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ (‘The Devil Wears Prada’).
Furthermore, “throughout her entire career,” Meryl Streep “has not been afraid to publicly denounce the precariousness of women in the film industry” and has been aware of the challenges surrounding the “representation of women in film.” ”the sources added.
That is why she has played, “desiring” to portray women in “all their complexity and fragility,” roles in all types of registers and film genres, from drama to musicals or comedy.
Recently he did it in the most familiar and period aspect in the adaptation of ‘Little Women’ (‘Mujercitas’, 2019) directed by Greta Gerwig, who will precisely be the president of the jury of the official Cannes competition, where this year they will compete. figures such as Francis Ford Coppola, Yórgos Lánthimos, Paolo Sorrentino or David Cronenberg.
“Two women, two generations, two demands and the same passion for the Seventh Art gathered on the stage of the Grand Theater Lumière,” indicated the Festival in reference to the grand opening gala on May 14, in which the film ‘Le deuxième acte’ (‘The Second Act’), by French director Quentin Dupieux.