The 78th edition of the French film festival kicked off with a starry ceremony on Tuesday evening that was attended by Hollywood stars, jury members, French dignitaries and auteurs.

Robert De Niro Slams Trump In Cannes Honorary Palme D'Or Speech: "We Are Fighting Like Hell For The Democracy We Once Took For Granted"

Robert De Niro is taking his revolutionary spirit to France. Quoting the country’s national motto “liberté, égalité, fraternité”—one born out of its own historic uprising—the actor used his honorary Palme d’Or acceptance speech to rally the Cannes audience against Donald Trump, or, in his words, “America’s philistine president.”