From stepping out at the festival with Wim Wenders and Diane Keaton to recent appearances as an ambassador for L’Oréal cosmetics, Andie Macdowell has become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival. She sits down with FRANCE 24’s Eve Jackson to talk about movies, motherhood and promoting a more inclusive definition of beauty. Eight years after Cannes first grappled with the #MeToo movement, actress and director Judith Godrèche brings her adaptation of Annie Ernaux's “A Girl’s Story” to the screen,
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arts24 © FRANCE 24 12:54 Issued on: 19/05/2026 - 15:13 12:54 min Share From the show Reading time 1 min From stepping out at the festival with Wim Wenders and Diane Keaton to recent appearances as an ambassador for L’Oréal cosmetics, Andie Macdowell has become a regular at the Cannes Film Festival. She sits down with FRANCE 24’s Eve Jackson to talk about movies, motherhood and promoting a more inclusive definition of beauty. Eight years after Cannes first grappled with the #MeToo movement, actress and director Judith Godrèche brings her adaptation of Annie Ernaux's “A Girl’s Story” to the screen, pointing out that its themes of sexism and sexual violence are just as pertinent seven decades after the events it describes.
We revisit the heroines who made a splash at Cannes in a pioneering road movie, as Thelma and Louise are the poster women for this year’s festival 35 years after the film premiered on the French riviera.
Watch more Cannes 2026: Park Chan-wook and Demi Moore ready to judge festival contenders And Yemeni director Sara Ishaq makes history with her female-fronted film, "The Station" in the Critics’ week sidebar section.
By: Olivia SALAZAR-WINSPEAR Eve JACKSON Lyana SALEH Laura DI BIASIO Marion CHAVAL Solène CLAUSSE Magali FAURE Advertising Related keywords culture Cannes Film Festival Cinema US cinema Hollywood
