Cannes 2025 opened with Robert De Niro getting a standing ovation as Leonardo DiCaprio presented him the honorary Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement
Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro (Pic/Agency)
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicked off this Tuesday, and we already have the biggest moment from the grand event, as veteran actor Robert De Niro was bestowed with the honorary Palme d'Or for Lifetime Achievement on Tuesday evening (midnight in India). The Palme d'Or was presented to De Niro by actor and film producer Leonardo DiCaprio at the festival’s opening ceremony.
Robert De Niro was bestowed with the honorary Palme d'Or
Accompanying the big honour was a grand round of applause and a heartfelt tribute from the audience, who stood up to give him a standing ovation as De Niro received the award. Not only the audience present at the ceremony, but the members of the jury were also seen giving a standing ovation to the veteran actor at the Cannes 2025 opening ceremony.
‘I have such close feelings for Festival de Cannes’- De Niro
After being honoured with the prestigious Cannes Lifetime Achievement Award, De Niro addressed the audience and said in a statement, "I have such close feelings for Festival de Cannes... Especially now, when there's so much in the world pulling us apart, Cannes brings us together — storytellers, filmmakers, fans, and friends. It's like coming home," as per Variety.
"There are faces that stand in for the seventh art, and lines of dialogue that leave an indelible mark on cinephilia. With his interiorized style, which surfaces in a gentle smile or a harsh gaze, Robert De Niro has become a cinematic legend," the festival said when announcing the honour, according to Variety.
More about Robert De Niro
De Niro has earned two Academy Awards — one for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Vito Corleone (in flashback scenes) in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II (1974), and the other for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jake LaMotta in Martin Scorsese's boxing biopic Raging Bull (1980).
He was also Oscar-nominated for Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Awakenings (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). DiCaprio and De Niro first starred together in the 1993 film This Boy’s Life, and reunited for Killers of the Flower Moon, which screened in official selection at Cannes in 2023.
(With inputs ANI)
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