HARRISON FORD AT THE CANNES FESTIVAL

INDIANA JONES AND HONORARY GOLDEN PALM

It's a final installment of Indiana Jones for legend Harrison Ford. He will not participate in the series on the illustrious character, currently in preparation at Disney. This last installment represents one of the most expensive threads in history with a budget of 300 million dollars.

At the end of the afternoon, the 80-year-old actor found the whole team of the film directed by James Mangold for a climb of the historic steps. He did it on the arm of Calista Flockhart, the unforgettable interpreter of Ally McBeal whom he married in 2010.

In the packed hall of the Palais des Festivals, he saw a clip of his greatest films ("Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", "Witness" which he had presented at the opening of the 1985 edition, etc.) before to receive an honorary Palme d'Or. The actor then wanted to share his emotion to see his life as an actor flash before his eyes and to be celebrated by the family of world cinema. He had tears in his eyes. an “I love you” then sprung up in the room. To which he replied “I know and I love you too”!

A surprise Palme d'Or

Before the screening, the general delegate Thierry Frémaux asked the star of the day to get up… before inviting him to receive a surprise Palme d'honneur from the hands of the new president of the Cannes Film Festival, the German Iris Knobloc.

"I am deeply touched by this distinction," reacted the 80-year-old American actor, visibly very moved.

A figure of Hollywood cinema, he has played a wide range of characters, from Han Solo in the "Star Wars" saga to "Blade Runner", passing by the adventurer with the hat and the whip, which he has played since 1981 and the first episode, "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Will he have taken the time to meet Steven Spielberg, who is said to be discreetly present on the Croisette but who did not show up on the steps, obviously not wanting to overshadow James Mangold to whom he gave in? the making of the film after having long wanted to sign it himself.