Changing with the times? Cannes film festival in Johnny Depp controversy • FRANCE 24 English

This time, it’s an out-of-competition opening night film lighting the spark.

Is the Cannes film festival in tune with the times when it rolls out the red carpet for Johnny Depp, megastar of the silver screen, and a polarizing figure for those who followed his acquittal in the ugly trial that pitted the actor against ex-wife Amber Heard?

We ask about the festival feting Depp, who in his return plays France’s King Louis XV, and how much has changed in the five years since the MeToo reckoning.
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