Cannes Film Festival 2023, Michael Douglas has arrived on the Croisette

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His father Kirk, one of the titans of Hollywood, had presided over the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1980. Now, after a 50-year career awarded among other things with two Oscars, the actor of basic instinct And Wall Street, Michael Douglas will receive the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Palm of Honor during the May 16 opening ceremony

Cannes Film Festival 2023, all the films in Competition. PHOTO

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: Michael Douglas attends a photocall as he receives an honorary Plme D'Or at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Michale Douglas said “It is always a breath of fresh air to be in Cannes, which I consider a wonderful platform of excellence for brave artists. From my first time here in 1979 to The China Syndrome at my most recent premiere for Behind the candelabra in 2013, the Festival has always reminded me that the magic of cinema is not only in what we see on screen, but in its ability to influence people all over the world

Cannes Film Festival, the arrival of the jury: from Ruben Östlund to Brie Larson. PHOTO

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The American star then added . “After more than 50 years of activity, it is an honor to return to the Croisette to open the Festival and embrace our shared global cinematic language”

Cannes 2023, the Film Festival program kicks off today

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Michael Douglas has starred in four feature films which competed at the Cannes Film Festival four times. The debut took place in 1979 with the film The Chinese Syndrome. Other Hollywood legends such as Jane Fonda and Jack Lemon are also in the cast

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In 1992 he returned to the Croisette to present Basic Instinctct by Paul Verhoeven, the erotic thriller that transformed Sharon Stone into a worldwide diva

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In 1993 he returned to the Cannes Film Festival starring with A day of ordinary madness by Joel Schumacher

US actor and Honorary Palme d'or laureate Michael Douglas gestures during a photocall at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2023. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/ AFP via Getty Images)

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Finally, in 2003 he played the talented pianist Liberace in Dbehind the candelabra by Steven Soderbergh, in competition or at the Transalpine Festival. Thanks to this interpretation Michael Douglas won a well-deserved Emmy

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(EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Michael Douglas attends a photocall as he receives an honorary Palme D'Or at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Out of Competition, Michale Douglas returned to the Croisette in 2010 with Wall Street: Money never sleepsi, sequel to the 1998 film with which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1988 for his role as ruthless New York broker Gordon Gekko

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Michael Douglas at the photocall of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

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