The red carpet has been rolled out at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in the South of France.
The French Riviera festival beginning Tuesday will include 12 days of nonstop world premieres before culminating May 23 with the presentation of the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top honor and one of the film industry’s most prestigious awards.
The festivities kick off with the opening-night film, “The Electric Kiss,” a French period-comedy, and the awarding of an honorary Palme d’Or to the “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson.
What isn’t at Cannes has been as buzzed about as much as what is. Hollywood is largely absent this year.
While blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Elvis” have touched down at previous incarnations, studio films this year have been either scared away by the possibility of a rocky reception or by the high cost of flying in A-listers to the Cote
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