Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Vincent Cassel… The stars of the Film Festival exhibit themselves in Cannes

On one side of the Palace, the mimics and pranks of Louis de Funès, for the exhibition dedicated to him as part of the cinematheque. Under these conditions, how to keep serious? With a nice wink (from a photographer), he responds with 25 non-cliched photos of stars who are laughing! Whose smile is contagious, and healthy for once. De Niro, Benigni, Diane Kruger and Mélanie Laurent, Julia Roberts, Dujardin, Gaspard Ulliel and Jérémie Renier, Sharon Stone, Tom Cruise…

Gilles Traverso seized them all, at the instant T when they suddenly revealed themselves to be the most radiant, in the light.

“I wanted to show something positive, after a period when the anti-Covid masks had inflated me, bluntly justifies “the heir to the Traverso collection”, whose father was already photographing the red carpet. When they come to the Croisette, despite the heaviness of protocol, there are times when the stars whisper things in their ears, complicity, spontaneous laughter and smiles. And these days, it feels good!” A feel good exhibition, from which we inevitably come out with a banana.

Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts climbed the steps of the Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 2016. Photo AC.

Julia Roberts is 55 years old today (yes), but she is still pretty woman! Revealed to the world in the arms of Richard Gere, it is to that of George Clooney that she leans to climb the steps of Cannes, for the first time, in 2016, with the presentation of Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster . Gilles remains smug: “These two women give off so many things. They already shine when they’re not smiling, so there!”

Angelina Jolie

In 2008, was there already water in the gas for the Jolie-Pitt couple? Photo AC.

Angelina Jolie definitely is, when she decides to laugh like this. On the other hand, her ex-husband Brad Pitt seems to be a bit sulky. Was Hollywood’s most glamorous couple, “The Brangelina”, already struggling at Cannes in 2008?

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel, an inconvenient actor usually knew how to make Emmanuelle Bercot laugh Photo AC.

Vincent Cassel. The hero of Hate is not always convenient (ask Laurent Delahousse), sometimes a little Doberman, but this seducer also has the hilarious charm, to see Emmanuelle Bercot who accompanies him in Mon Roi in 2015. “It’s my most unlikely smile, because usually it scares me”confesses Gilles Traverso.

Julia Ducourneau, Agathe Roussel and Vincent Lindon

The three actors of Titane in 2021 in contrast with their characters when they came to the Palais des Festival de Cannes. Photo AC.

However, they froze and shocked more than one spectator with Titane in 2021, but when it was time to receive the Palme d’Or, the metal was no longer so cold, the proof! Gilles nods: “I love this image, because it’s spontaneous, and such a contrast to the harshness of the film.”

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks plays with the lenses during a photocall Photo GT.

Tom Hanks, who seems to be playing with the lenses trained on him during a photocall on the Palace terrace in 2022, as he composes an obnoxious character, Colonel Parker, in the superb film about Elvis. One of those privileged moments that Gilles loves, “when unexpected laughter suddenly comes”. Class and grace…

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Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Vincent Cassel… The stars of the Film Festival exhibit themselves in Cannes