The Cannes Movie Pageant has been recognized to draw royalty, however Hollywood royalty as nicely.
The competition, held within the south of France, has lengthy been one to which film stars have introduced their kids. This yr is not any totally different as Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and their 20-year-old daughter, Carys Douglas, surprised as they floated down the carpet for the opening of the competition and screening of Jeanne du Barry.
The ladies planted a kiss on the Primary Intuition and Deadly Attraction star’s cheek on the highest of the well-known purple staircase, setting off digital camera flashes. It was a giant evening for Michael, who was the honorary Palme d’or recipient in tribute to his 55-year profession.
In his speech, Michael mentioned, “There are lots of festivals on the planet, however just one Cannes.” And the household appeared to make it a enjoyable and trendy outing. Carys, an aspiring singer and actress, was decked out in a white Elie Saab robe and sported Chopard diamonds — the identical designers worn by the Wednesday star, although she rocked purple. (Michael and Zeta-Jones, who married in 2000, are additionally mother and father to Dylan, 22, and The Kominsky Technique star has son Cameron, 44, from his first marriage.)
Carys, who’s learning international relations and diplomacy in school, referred to as it “essentially the most fantastic night” on social media. “It was an honor to have a good time my father.”
Michael was introduced along with his honorary award by Uma Thurman, who additionally had a VIP plus-one. The Kill Invoice actress introduced her 21-year-old son, Levon Thurman-Hawke.
In addition they made for a shocking pair as Thurman wore a purple cape along with her Dior robe and Chopard jewellery whereas her son, whose father is Ethan Hawke, had on a blue swimsuit.
Thurman-Hawke can be entering into the household enterprise. He is at the moment taking pictures the Apple TV+ collection The Crowded Room, which stars Tom Holland. He additionally has a job in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, Pussy Island.
Thurman-Hawke has truly been his mom’s date on the movie fest beforehand, again in 2017.
In the meantime, Maya Hawke, who’s the previous couple’s different little one, is predicted to seem on the competition in a while for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid Metropolis. (Thurman can be mother to daughter Luna Thurman-Busson, 10.)
Additionally making it a household affair this yr are Catherine Deneuve and her actress daughter Chiara Mastroianni.
Chiara hosted the opening ceremony — and who made a shock look? Her very well-known mother. Chiara, the one little one of Deneuve and the late Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni, has an extended checklist of credit and has additionally served on the Cannes jury.
Flashback household moments at Cannes
Traditionally, it is a movie competition that celebrities have deemed family-friendly. Listed here are another memorable moments from years previous of A-listers and their offspring having fun with “la belle vie” in Cannes.
In 2021, Sean Penn and his kids, Hopper and Dylan, had been all collectively on the movie fest. That yr, Penn directed and starred in Flag Day, and his real-life youngsters appeared within the movie.
That trio was additionally collectively there a couple of years earlier, in 2016, for Penn’s The Final Face by which Hopper additionally had a component.
A memorable second for John Travolta was when he and Kelly Preston premiered their mobster biopic Gotti in 2018. Whereas the movie could not have been so memorable, the couple had enjoyable bringing alongside youngsters Ella and Benjamin, making for some gorgeous household images. Sadly, Preston died in 2020, making it their final household purple carpet. Ella has since pursued appearing and music.
Julia Roberts’s daughter Hazel Moder made her purple carpet debut — with dad Danny — at Cannes in 2021.
In 2019, Eva Longoria and her husband, José Bastón, hit the International Present Initiative occasion throughout the 72nd annual Cannes Movie with their child boy, Santiago Enrique.
Salma Hayek has hit many purple carpets with daughter Valentina, however an early one was right here, in 2014, to display screen her animated drama Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. Hayek, who’s married to businessman François-Henri Pinault, voiced a personality and produced the movie.
In 2019, Patricia Arquette and daughter Harlow Jane attended the movie fest collectively. Harlow, whose dad is actor Thomas Jane, adopted her mother and father footsteps into appearing, showing in a handful of movies already, together with this yr’s She Got here to Me.
Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley has lengthy navigated purple carpets. The Maid actress attended the competition in 2012 along with her mother at age 18.
Milla Jovovich and daughter Dashiel Edan Anderson acquired glam for the amfAR Cannes Gala in 2022.
Tilda Swinton’s daughter Honor Swinton Byrne, additionally an actress, made it a joint outing in 2021.
The Stallones are newly minted actuality TV stars, however they’ve lengthy beloved the limelight and household purple carpets. In 2019, Sylvester and spouse Jennifer Flavin attended a screening with their daughter Sistine, an actress and mannequin
Spike Lee, who has made many appearances at Cannes, introduced his household — spouse Tonya Lewis Lee and their youngsters Satchel Lee and Jackson Lee — to the competition. They attended a screening of the director’s BlacKkKlansman right here in 2018.
What’s an occasion with out some Kardashians? Momager Kris Jenner and mannequin Kendall Jenner struck a pose on the amfAR Cannes Gala purple carpet in 2019.
The worldwide movie competition, now in its 76th yr, will run by means of Might 27.
