The Cannes Film Festival wishes to pay tribute to Michael Douglas during the opening ceremony on May 16. The actor, Oscar winner twice, will be awarded the palme d’honneur for “his brilliant career as well as his commitment to cinema,” organizers announced on Wednesday. “It’s always a breath of fresh air to come to Cannes which, for a long time, has been a wonderful place to welcome creators, artistic audacity and great stories,” explained the actor in return in a press release. . The festival has always reminded me that the magic of cinema is not only in what you see on screen, but also in its ability to move people around the world.
Michael Douglas, aged 78, has already presented a multitude of films at Cannes from The China Syndrome, to Basic Instinct, via Falling Gown and Behind the Candelabra. A regular at the festival, the actor came to Cannes for the first time in 1979 and still shone at the top of the steps in 2013 for the preview of My life with Liberace. The actor now joins the still small club of seventeen recipients of a palme d’honneur, awarded since the early 2000s. Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, Jeanne Moreau, Jane Fonda and Alain Delon are among the honored personalities. .
