hello from the french riviera. i am tom brook and welcome to talking movies.y's programme, we look back at some of the highlights of this month's cannes film festival. it was a gamble to stage it, but cannes ended up being a triumph, a vintage year, a subdued yet strong line up with a diverse group of international film—makers bringing some great cinema to the riviera. and the stars did come out to grace the festival's famous red carpet. it was almost like normal. you know what, it is a bit like any other year except they have masks on. so, it's not as crazy as every year. there's a lot of people — honestly i wasn't sure exactly if it was going to be like this, but it is like this. the pandemic meant mask—wearing was required at key venues and for many of us, a trip to the covid—i9 testing centre every two days became a mandatory ritual where we all had to deposit our spittle into plastic containers. so, is this 0k? yeah, it should be. but the films, of course, were the big attraction. the festival's top prize, the palme d'0r, went to a french movie, an outlan

the french riviera is ready for its close-up at the cannes film festival is back in action.ight is the opening ceremony and we will be live. the arrest of south africa's former president may be getting closer. the court ruled he should go to jail. reporter: the order is by wednesday. if he does not hand himself over . the court has not given a counter order. the court case has been postponed. his supporters said they were standing guard to ensure -- it's why we expect his supporters would do the same. he said it will be a messy confrontation at police officers dare to arrest him. all eyes will be on tomorrow to find out if the former president will be arrested. laura: it's opening night for one of the biggest events. the red carpet is out and the cannes film festival has begun. it was canceled in 2020 due to covid and delayed by two months this year. joining us now is tom. if they are back, does this mean cinema is back? reporter: it's a big psychological boost. it does not mean everything is ok. the next 12 days, at least 24 films will be unveiled, and competition. they may

stars hit the red carpet in the french riviera for one of the most prestigious competitions. >>> at this hour, million of people in florida and along the southeast are bracing for impact as tropical storm elsa closes right now on florida's gulf coast. also briefly strengthened to a hurricane late tuesday. it has since lost a little bit of its punch. still, 33 counties are under a state of emergency at this hour. the storm is expected to make landfall late wednesday morning. before that though, elsa battered the florida keys with wind and heavy rain. this was the scene in key west on tuesday as the storm skirted west of the lower keys. for more on what we can expect from the storm, we bring in tyler malden. it has been keeping you guys on you are why toes. in terms of where we're at with not just location but wind speed. >> the wind speed has actually dropped. it is now a 70-mile-per-hour storm but there's not a big difference between 75 miles per hour and 70-miles-per-hour. at the moment, this system is a couple hundred miles to the northwest of surfside. it is about 60 mile due west of

adam driver has become a fixture on the french riviera, and he is kicking off this festival starring he opening film alongside marianne coutiouard. it comes from occult french director with music from sparks. we talked to adam driver for this edition of "encore in cannes." >> adam driver, hello. you star in a film that is ening the film festival, "annette." you are a regular at cannes. you were here last time for "don't die" and "black klansmen" before that. after the extraordinary year we have been through, how does it feel to be at cannes again? adam: it's, i mean, i want to say good, but i do not feel like it is a good enough for. it feels great -- not a good enough word. this festival has always been my favorite one and, even before i came here, i looked to it as, you kno=w, a place where great movies are. to be the opening film, one that took seven years of us putting it together, clearly i have not thought about it and what it means. i'm just kind of going with it. >> it has changed me. it's obvious. what she sees in me... mmm. that's a little more puzzling. >> your character he

. >> let's turn to the french riviera for a look at day four of the cannes film festival. culture editor olivia salazar wins. joins us live. tell us who is racing the red carpet this evening. >> we have two french films this evening. one of the four women presenting films in competition has a film based in an emergency hospital room. it is actually quite prophetic because this was shot months before the pandemic, but it really does show a health system at breaking point, and it has had very good reviews so far. earlier this evening, we had a film for my dutch director who was last here in 2016 with a film that shocked and impressed critics in equal measure, i would say, because of its sexual content. sexual content is also present in this film, albeit in a very different form because the action takes place in a convict, where a non-follows her calling to become a bride of christ, except she gets a bit distracted on the way by another passion in the form of a young woman. this film was actually inspired by a book published in the 1980's, and that brooke was based on a true s

it is me to check in with our reports on the french riviera.ho are following each and every development, every screening of every film competing for the top prize, the coveted palm d'or. olivia salazar leading the team. tell us about the films in competition this evening. olivia: just behind me the casting crew from the french from -- just entered the theater to see the premier. this comes from a director -- who stars a prolific french actor. before the festival i would've described the director as up-and-coming, only 37 years old. but with this film in the competition you can say she has officially arrived. earlier on we had an iranian director on the red carpet for the first time here at cannes. he is presentin a film called "a hero," centering on a man who faces a moral dilemma and he wants to do the right thing but he wants to appear to be doing the right thing. this film is a nuance study of human behavior, about trying to maintain your moral compass under great societal pressure and how how white lie can result in a tricky catch-22 situat

film stars and directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival was cancelledle wrong, when director spike lee accidentally announced the winner of the coveted palme d'0r prematurely: can you tell me which prize is the first prize? yes, ican. 0ui, oui. cool the film that won the award... wait, wait, wait, don't! she speaks french. ok, so... she speaks french. you're watching bbc news. good evening. hot sunshine was the weather story for most parts of the uk today, but the really big story was in northern ireland where, as you can see, it was beach weather in county down, and temperatures at ballywatticock got all the way up to 31.2 celsius — and that is northern ireland's highest temperature on record. plenty of other places not too far behind, but in shetland, lerwick only got up to 13 celsius this afternoon because we had a lot of cloud around. you can see this on the satellite picture, a lot of cloud generally across the northwest of scotland, there was the odd spot of rain here, quite a brisk wind, and elsewhere, it was sunshine all the way. but as we head

all the stars and the directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival wasnt a little bit wrong, when the director spike lee accidentally announced the winner of the coveted palme d'0r ahead of time. this is what happened. can you tell me which prize is the first prize? yes, ican. laughter cool the film that won the palme d'0r is titane... wait, wait, wait, no! she speaks french ok, so... she speaks french bbc talking movies reporter emma jones is in cannes with more on that incident and the winning film. you sort of see what happened. and there was a lot of confusion amongst the press corps at first, going, "what on earth has spike leejust announced?" but it's very clear that they did ask him what the first movie was, and so you can... either he was handed the wrong envelope or he did literally say what the winning movie was and it went that way. and i suppose it's made for a wonderful viral clip, which is currently going around the world, publicising the cannes film festival and the movie titane and spike lee, so it's not all bad publicity, but it's certai

film stars and directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival was cancelledent a little wrong, when the director spike lee accidentally announced the winner of the coveted palme d'0r ahead of time. have a listen. can you tell me which prize is the first prize? yes, ican. laughter cool the film that won the palme d'0r is titane... wait, wait, wait, no! she speaks french ok, so... she speaks french an honest mistake there! do stay with us on bbc news. much more coming up. and of course, if you want more details on our top stories as rescue crews are racing to find survivors of the floods that every cabinet across western europe, just go to our website. i'm on twitter. @regedahmad see you soon. hello there. saturday saw the warmest weather of the year so far in all four nations of the uk. and in northern ireland, whereas you can see it was beach weather in county down, temperatures actually broke the all—time record. the highest temperature since records began in northern ireland, ballywatticock 31.2 degrees. but in england, in wales and in scotland, we saw some

the event is being held in—person on the french riviera, with organisers insisting they have strict measuresfficial parachute display team — known as red devils. they've performed a spectacularjump for england football squad. unfolding a long flag with a message "it's coming home". what a spectacular site — almost matched by the british antarctic survey team, who are unfurling a flag on the ground, but in quite horrific weather conditions. now time for a look at the weather with tomasz. well, the weather was a little hit—or—miss today with some heavy showers. same for tomorrow, and of course tomorrow a very big day in the world of sport. we've got wimbledon, obviously the match at wembley, and there are some showers on the cards. so, here's the forecast through the night. a weather front is approaching from the west. it is going to bring some rain to the very far west of northern ireland through the night and possibly south—western parts of england, but for many of us, it's actually a dry night with variable amounts of cloud. and the forecast for wimbledon isn't looking too bad at all. very

film stars and directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival was cancelled of the closing ceremony went a little wrong, when director spike lee accidentally announced the film titane, as the winner of the coveted palme d'or. have a listen. can you tell me which prize is the first prize? yes, ican. oui, oui. cool the film that won the award... wait, wait, wait, don't! she speaks french. ok, so... she speaks french. we can cross live to cannes and bbc talking movies reporter emma jones. hi there, mi. playing very close attention to that. what a moment. to be there, he was asked what the winning movie was, wasn't he? weill. winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort of- winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort of see - he kind of wise. he is sort of see what happens, and there was a

film stars and directors returned in droves to the french riviera, after the 2020 festival was cancelledlittle wrong, when director spike lee accidentally announced the winner of the coveted palme d'0r ahead of time. have a listen. can you tell me which prizes the first prize.— the first prize. yes i can. call. the first prize. yes i can. call- the _ the first prize. yes i can. call. the film _ the first prize. yes i can. call. the film that - the first prize. yes i can. call. the film that one i the first prize. yes i can. | call. the film that one wait! wait! _ call. the film that one wait! wait! ok,... - call. the film that one l wait! wait! 0k,... speaks french. we can now speak to entertainmentjournalist kj matthews, whojoins us from los angeles. lovely to see you. what happened? how did that happen? it was academic echoes of the oscars back in 2017. do you 0scars back in 2017. do you remember when warren davey announced the award for best picture and it was the wrong one, but many people ask spike dudley what happened, how did you get the name, or did you get the wrong title which

still to come on tonight's programme: the french riviera is ready for its close—up, as the cannes filmt of south africa's former president may be getting closer. a court ruled last week that jacob zuma should go to jail by midnight on wednesday. nomsa maseko has more. the order for mr zuma to be arrested by wednesday at midnight, if he does not himself over to prison authorities, still stands. and the court today has not given a counter order for mr zuma not to be arrested, because the court case has now only been postponed. his supporters had said they were standing guard to ensure that mr zuma does not get arrested. so it is widely expected that his supporters will do the same — and, infact, mrzuma himself, when he was addressing hundreds of his supporters sunday afternoon, said it would've been a messy confrontation if police officers had dared to arrest him. so all eyes will be back in kwazulu—natal tomorrow to find out if indeed the former president will be arrested. it's opening night for one of the biggest events in the world of cinema. yes, the red carpet is out, and the cannes

and days later, she is on the rebound on the french riviera. >> muhammad al fayed invited her to spendmad al fayed is a wealthy egyptian businessman who owns the iconic london department store herrod's. >> he was in fact trying to arrange a meeting between his son and diana, and he did. >> and it turns out al fayed's son dodi and diana have a lot in common. >> he, too, was caught in the middle of his parents' horrible divorce and custody battle. he often felt like an outsider. and was often actually quite painfully shy. >> shy, yes, and also immensely wealthy. surrounded by bodyguards, dodi can give diana everything she needs and wants. >> the fact that she was a divorced mother of two growing young men who was unable to offer them anything like the kind of holiday activities that their father could. so the attraction of a man and his family who had jets and limousines and all the trappings of royal life, i would think that played a pretty big part in it. >> friends say dodi also gives her unwavering love and loyalty. >> she demanded that people give up everything for her. i mean, she

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. >> reporter: the red carpets were out of storage and back on the sidewalks in the french riviera cityed that video of you at cannes, the premiere, and you got choked up. >> i was overwhelmed. we had been sitting on this movie for so long, and the idea was back in a theater with, like, a thousand people -- >> reporter: were you surprised that it touched you so much? >> i don't know. i'm getting old. i think i get choked up easier now. ever since i had kids, my job has become a lot easier because i don't have to try or reach for any emotions, whether it is joy or pain, because it's all just nearby because the stakes are so much higher when you have kids. >> reporter: he is famous as a leading man and action hero, but we learned the role this is dad to four girls. and in the film "stillwater," set to be released in the u.s. later this month, he plays a father who travels to france to free his daughter from prison. she is portrayed by abigail breslin. the mission is all the more complex because damon's character, bill baker, an oil rig worker from oklahoma, does not speak a word of french

well, bringing you all the reviews on all the news from the riviera, as well as our nightly program which zooms in on a personality, the french actor and member of the jury. >> olivia, you are in a fantastic position. enjoy this festival. i know you are working very hard but it is a great event to be at and doing something you clearly love. as olivia just said, that interview coming up next after the short pause. the interview with taha rahim. stay with us. >> now a temporary residence here in cannes. spike lee is trailing -- blazing a trail as the first black president of the jury and more women than men, its president kicked off proceedings in very good company. >> i have a history here in cannes. 25 years ago, a quarter century, i was here. 1986. i made several appearances. it's an honor to be here. so, i'm looking forward to it. cannes is the world's greatest film festival. no disrespect to any other film festival. olivia: one of spike lee's jury members took his first steps on this red carpet 12 years ago. tahar rahim was a fresh faced new, when he was catapulted to critical acclaim. and quietly built a profile. he sat d

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