Juliette Binoche during a photo call just before the jurors' press conference. (Credit: AFP)
The first press conference of this Quinzaine will undoubtedly go down as one of the most memorable in the history of the festival. And not for the right reasons. It was just before 3 p.m. in a dimly lit room of the palace when Juliette Binoche, wearing a serious expression, entered with the eight other jury members. Dressed in a yellow Jacquemus jumpsuit, the actress immediately set the tone of the exchange with the crowd of accredited journalists, stunned by the polar atmosphere blowing in at 22 degrees.“Her agent must be tearing out the few eyebrow hairs he has left,” quipped an American reporter accustomed to Hollywood starlets who are briefed, prepared and expertly groomed. Solicited from all sides to the point of eclipsing her colleagues entirely — except for an unexpectedly unfeminist Halle Berry in her responses — the president...
The first press conference of this Quinzaine will undoubtedly go down as one of the most memorable in the history of the festival. And not for the right reasons. It was just before 3 p.m. in a dimly lit room of the palace when Juliette Binoche, wearing a serious expression, entered with the eight other jury members. Dressed in a yellow Jacquemus jumpsuit, the actress immediately set the tone of the exchange with the crowd of accredited journalists, stunned by the polar atmosphere blowing in at 22 degrees.“Her agent must be tearing out the few eyebrow hairs he has left,” quipped an American reporter accustomed to Hollywood starlets who are briefed, prepared and expertly groomed. Solicited from all sides to the point of eclipsing her colleagues entirely — except for an unexpectedly unfeminist Halle Berry in her responses — the...