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00:27 Hello from the Cannes Film Festival. I'm here with Bollywood actress Sunny Leone.
00:32 Hey guys, I am here for the very first time at the Cannes Film Festival and my film is being premiered here.
00:39 It's called Kennedy and my character's name is Charlie.
00:42 With a following of millions on social media, Sunny Leone fought her way into Bollywood
00:47 after starting out in adult films and appearing in India's reality show Big Boss.
00:53 Her police corruption movie Kennedy is premiering in the midnight screening section.
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01:16 So you've been documenting your time so far here in Cannes. What's been your most memorable moment so far?
01:22 I think the most memorable moment has been seeing the film in the magazine.
01:29 What they give out to everybody to see which films are going to be here.
01:33 I think just being here, it represents so much more to me than just a film that's being represented here.
01:43 It has so much weight for me emotionally.
01:46 You play Charlie in the film. It's called Kennedy and it is a police noir.
01:51 It's about a former policeman who's become a hitman and he's seeking redemption.
01:57 Yes, he is seeking redemption and then he meets me.
02:02 [Music]
02:16 You have this really incredible laugh in the film that apparently is really important for your role.
02:22 Can you just do it for us?
02:23 [Laughter]
02:26 Oh my gosh. I think that when we meet people in life, we might know someone like this who hides behind smiles,
02:34 who hides behind a laugh.
02:37 That is something that Charlie does. She hides behind this laugh where she's really going through so much emotionally.
02:47 As an actress, you've defied expectations. You started off as an adult film star.
02:51 Then you were in one of India's biggest reality TV shows, Big Boss.
02:56 Then you moved on to making Bollywood films.
02:58 The Indian film industry has got a reputation for being quite conservative.
03:02 Was it hard to find a place?
03:04 Finding my place, yeah, took a little while.
03:07 It took a lot of persistence and working through a lot of hate or political groups or fanatic groups
03:15 or people that just want to see you crash and burn.
03:19 That is the hardest part because you have to continue on with a smile on your face.
03:26 I have chosen my career path. I made those decisions.
03:31 I am not ashamed of those choices that I made.
03:35 That's why this film means so much more.
03:38 Because after you go through all the crazy and all these people who want to tear you down and watch you burn,
03:45 and then all of a sudden Anurag Sir calls me and says, "Our film, the film we made has been selected for Cannes.
03:53 You're in disbelief." And I cried for two days straight.
03:57 I saw that you're preparing a biopic on your life.
04:00 So yes, I have a biopic that I've shot two seasons of.
04:05 And those are all my stories that got made into this biopic.
04:10 And then there's also a docu that was also made.
04:14 Thank you so much.
04:16 Next to a film starring Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche that's cooking up a stall.
04:22 The Pot-au-Feu is filmmaker Tran Anhang's love letter to French food
04:29 with Juliette Binoche and Cannes favorite Benoit Maguire.
04:33 And the film is about a French woman who is in love with a French man.
04:37 The Pot-au-Feu is filmmaker Tran Anhang's love letter to French food
04:42 with Juliette Binoche and Cannes favorite Benoit Maguire playing a couple in 19th century France.
04:48 It's really a feast for the eyes because top chef Pierre Gagné prepared all of the dishes
04:54 and apparently they had to be prized away from the actors in between takes.
04:59 A Michelin-starred chef gets his first taste of cinema.
05:03 For the first one, the dishes will be one of pigeon biscuits, one of quail.
05:08 French chef Pierre Gagné was both an actor and consultant for the latest film,
05:12 paying tribute to French gastronomy.
05:15 Even at Cannes, he's never far from the kitchen
05:18 and has a good idea why cinema is so fascinated by food.
05:22 Sight is the first approach to food and then after we taste.
05:29 There's a pleasure of the eyes, but new film The Pot-au-Feu also engages our other senses.
05:35 The dishes simmer, crackle and steam.
05:41 Recipes that stir up romantic feelings.
05:45 It's still a love story, above all a love story.
05:52 This alchemy between the sense and the subject, the way they come together,
05:56 it makes the film delicious.
05:59 The romance between filmmakers and food is an eternal one.
06:03 From comedies like The Wing of the Fly with Louis de Funès,
06:06 to dramas like Babette's Feast and even cartoons like Ratatouille.
06:11 In La Grande Bouffe, exactly 50 years ago,
06:14 the orgy of gluttony filmed by Marco Ferreri sent shockwaves through Cannes.
06:19 It's a scandal, a scandal!
06:23 Food is universal and it's cinematic material, aesthetic material.
06:28 So everyone will use this cinematic tool in their own way to make people hungry, to excite them.
06:34 French gastronomy remains a timeless star at Cannes.
06:38 Enticing for jury's appetite.
06:42 A record number of African films are premiering at this year's Cannes Film Festival,
06:47 including two in the main competition and four in Un Certain Regard.
06:52 Congolese-Belgian musician Balogi is a force in the music world.
06:56 Now he's premiering his first feature film, Omen, in the world's most popular film festival.
07:02 René Lefort and Alison Sargent tell us more about this picturesque multicultural odyssey.
07:07 Balogi has a unique perspective and Cannes is eager to see it.
07:13 After the stage, short films and advertisements,
07:16 the artistic chameleon is back in the spotlight with his first ever feature, Augur or Omen.
07:21 It follows the homecoming of Kofi, considered by his family to be a sorcerer,
07:25 as he returns from Europe with his future wife Alice.
07:29 Augur is an ensemble film.
07:31 Kofi is the character that brings you into the story.
07:34 His and Alice's perspectives are interesting,
07:37 but they're particular because they're able to live in the same world.
07:41 The film is a bit like a movie,
07:43 but it's a bit more like a story.
07:45 It's a bit more like a film,
07:47 but it's a bit more like a story.
07:49 It's a bit more like a film,
07:51 but it's a bit more like a story.
07:53 It's a bit more like a film,
07:55 but it's a bit more like a story.
07:58 The characters are interesting,
08:00 but they're particular because they're able to leave,
08:03 which isn't the case for the others.
08:05 His sister and his mother, they have to stay.
08:08 Augur is both a social drama and a satire of the weight of tradition.
08:12 The Belgian Congolese director creates a psychedelic world and a maze of colours.
08:17 I have synesthesia,
08:19 this sensorial disease where I associate sounds with colours.
08:24 And so I worked on a sort of soundtrack for Augur,
08:28 and each character had their own colour.
08:32 When Belogi's not on film sets, he's on the stage,
08:36 inspired by a Cameroonian icon.
08:38 I returned to African music a little bit by accident
08:41 when I heard a sample of Manu Dibango.
08:44 His next tour is scheduled for 2024.
08:47 Away from the films and the festival
08:51 really is the place to be for celebrities and anyone who loves a party.
08:55 The buzz of the nightlife really is the stuff of legends.
08:59 Our reporter has been checking out Cannes by night.
09:02 As festival goers await the evening's red carpet procession,
09:07 Cannes kicks off another long night
09:09 with the mesmerising piano notes of Bachar Mar Khalife.
09:13 The French-Lebanese singer-songwriter
09:19 composed the soundtrack for Banel and Adama
09:22 from French-Senegalese director Ramata Toulay-Sy.
09:26 She told me her film was going to be shot in Senegal's Futa region.
09:31 She told me about the sand and the wind.
09:35 The film is a love story.
09:37 I imagined music that was fairly minimalist,
09:41 with piano, bass, and chords,
09:44 a little bit of percussion and vocals.
09:47 It was about reflecting all of the films.
09:51 We wanted to come listen and take a break from the films.
09:57 I'd already seen Bachar in concert,
09:59 so I jumped at the chance to see him again.
10:01 Making electronic beats with acoustic instruments is really magical.
10:05 Sunset beach walks are a perfect contrast
10:08 to the wild antics of the night.
10:11 Excitement as the party gets started,
10:15 though some are too exclusive to enter,
10:18 even for French cinema star Romain Duris.
10:21 Before a crowd that includes American actress Eva Longoria,
10:24 French reality star Nabila,
10:26 and Russian model Irina Shayk,
10:28 Nigerian rapper Burna Boy tears it up,
10:31 followed by French DJ Bob Sinclair.
10:37 In the words of Persian poet Omar Khayyam,
10:41 night is perhaps just the eyelid of the day,
10:44 and some will have trouble reopening for the morning's first film.
10:48 Just before we go, a tribute to a legendary rock and roll singer
10:53 who was simply the best.
10:54 Tina Turner has died aged 83.
10:57 She was here at the festival in 1975 with Ken Russell's film Tommy.
11:01 She also had a role in George Miller's Mad Max
11:04 and sang the theme tune for Golden Eye.
11:07 We'll leave you with some of the reactions to the sad news here in Cannes.
11:11 Thanks for watching. See you next time.
11:14 You're simply the best
11:16 Better than all the rest
11:22 Big worlds keep on turning
11:25 Crown Mary keeps on burning, yeah
11:28 Rolling, rolling, rolling on the river
11:32 I'm your private dancer
11:37 A dancer for money
11:39 Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
11:42 ♪ Na na ♪
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