The film doesn’t break any ground or reinvent the genre, so the OOC placement seems fair. Going in with such lowered expectations, I’m quite surprised to say it’s not a bad time at all. The fact that, with so much pressure put on Cannes to program more female-directed films in competition, JEANNE DU BARRY landed an out-of-competition slot, doesn’t give you confidence either. Her co-star Johnny Depp is obviously not the most uncontroversial character himself. JEANNE DU BARRY, a costume drama about the real-life courtesan of Louis XV, is directed by and stars Maïwenn, a filmmaker whose latest works I have not been a fan of and who became a problematic figure for her prominent anti-Me-Too stance and for her recent assault of a journalist in relation thereto. And for weeks I’ve dreaded watching this one. Of course, you can’t open a film festival without an opening film. The Mediterranean air buzzes with excitement. Now that all pandemic-related restrictions have been lifted, here on the ground the whole thing very much feels like a spectacle again. The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival opened tonight with the usual pomp and circumstance. Download: 2023 Cannes Dispatch: Johnny Depp in 'Jeanne du Barry'
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