Cannes, France – Cannes, France (AP) – Denzel Washington Inscurred in a whirlwind to Cannes Film FestivalAmong Broadway’s performances, for the premiere of Spike Lee’s “lower” on Monday “on Monday, and was rewarded with a surprise: an honorary palm of Or.
Cannes had turned part of its programming to accommodate the rapid trip of Washington in France, which came to his lonely outside the day while doing “Othello” in New York. The head of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux, surprised Washington with the award before the premiere of Monday night.
“This is my brother, right here,” said the film director, Spike Lee, who spent the prize to Washington.
“This is a total surprise for me,” Washington said.
The festival generally issues one or two honorary palm trees: last year, the winners were Ghibli study and George Lucas. Last week, Robert De Niro received one on the opening night of the festival. Niro’s prize was announced in advance, but the surprise awards are not unknown: in 2022, Tom Cruise was presented with an honorary honorary surprise Palma d’Or Just before the “Top Gun: Maverick” projection.
The premiere also had another surprise: Rihanna attended and walked on the carpet later with her partner at $ Ap Rocky. Earl this month, she revealed at the Met Gala that she was pregnant with her third child.
While the photographic calls of the festival usually occur the day after the premiere of a film, Cannes was the host for a “lower” lower “the earliest Monday so that Washington could attend. The actor, playing playfully with Lee and Co -star and co -star A $ AP RockyHe did not show signs of jet delay and left once the projection began.
“He told me to tell you: Thank you for love,” Lee told the crowd after the projection. “He’s on Broadway doing
Lee also came to Cannes with Obligations in New York In your mind. He reached the premiere of the film adorned in Knicks colors and with a blue and orange striped suit. Lee finished his brief speech at the Palais shouting: “New York Knicks!”
That Washington could make the trip had been a conflict point for Cannes. When the first festival announced its alignment last month“The lowest of the 2 highest” was not included. In a matter of hours, Lee himself announced that the film was heading to Cannes. The festival representatives said they had been waiting for confirmation that Washington would attend walking through the red carpet.
“Highest 2 higher”, a new version of the 1963 film by Akira Kurosawa “High and Low”, will be released in theaters by A24 on August 22 before broadcast on Apple TV+ on September 5.
