In keeping with tradition, the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival was full of surprises – and Tuesday night's celebration took a political twist when veteran actor Robert De Niro slammed United States President Donald Trump’s cuts to arts funding.
Ceremony host French actor Laurent Lafitte set the tone with a mix of jokes and an ode to fellow actors, who he said don’t simply entertain, but are also role models, and citizens standing up for what they believe in.
