Leonardo DiCaprio will present the Palme d'Or to Robert De Niro at the opening of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Roll out the red carpet! According to the latest information from Le Parisien , Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to present the honorary Palme d'Or to Robert De Niro at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival tomorrow evening. A perfect marriage between two cinema legends who have known each other for thirty years, during which time they co-starred in Secret Wounds (1993), by director Michael Caton-Jones.

The two iconic big-screen personalities also reunited in Jerry Zaks's 1996 film Simple Secrets and four other films. The latest, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon , was screened out of competition at Cannes in 2023. Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro went to the Croisette to climb the steps together. Brilliant images that went viral.

Tomorrow night's ceremony won't be a first for DiCaprio. The seven-time Oscar-winning American actor previously honored his 81-year-old colleague in 2020 at the ^26th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Robert De Niro received an honorary award from him to celebrate his career.

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The two men will be reunited for this evening, which already holds all its promises. Laurent Lafitte, master of ceremonies , will welcome the Jury chaired by Juliette Binoche and composed of big names such as Halle Berry, Leïla Slimani, and Jeremy Strong . The singer Mylène Farmer will perform a new song , written and produced especially for this occasion. Festival-goers will also discover the musical Partir un jour by Amélie Bonnin with Juliette Armanet and Bastien Bouillon. A great program to launch a fortnight that already promises to be promising.