The star of the actress and Avengers Oscarized Scarlett Johansson features twice at the Cannes Film Festival this year, both in front and behind the camera.
She will appear in the new Wes Anderson project, the Phoenician program, alongside Benicio Del Toro and Tom Hanks and off screen in her first director project.
Her new film, Eleanor The Great, was also revealed as part of the programming and follows an elderly woman as she faces the death of her best friend.
The main role of Johansson intervenes while the organizers of the Film Festival said they were determined to present more work by filmmakers.
Speaking at a press conference, the president of Cannes, Iris KnoBloch, said that she was “honored to amplify” the voices of women.
Johansson, 40, who is best known for having played under the name of Black Widow in The Avengers Films, has entered his second prize category.
This year, 20 films are in competition for the main Palme d’Or, six of whom come from directors.
This includes Kelly Reichardt, whose drama the brain, with Josh O’Connor and John Magaro, will be presented at the festival.
Those who seek to replace Sean Baker, winner of an Oscar, who won the first prize in Cannes for Anora last year, also include Iranian director Jafar Panahi and his film has a simple accident, as well as the new Veru de horror Ari Aster with Eddington, who features Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone.
Robert de Niro will also appear at the festival to receive an honorary palm of gold, while the last episode of mission: impossible will also be shown.
It was also a few weeks busy for Harris Dickinson, who was recently announced as one of the new stars of The grid of the Beatles of Sir Sam Mendes.
Dickinson, who will play John Lennon in the films, will also start in the direction in Cannes.
The 28-year-old will show his film Urchin, about a homeless in London, at the French festival.
