Alicia Vikander and Jude Law joined director Karim Aïnouz on the film festival’s red carpet on Sunday to premiere their historical thriller “Firebrand” in competition for the Palme d’Or.
Academy Award winner Vikander plays Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of Tudor King Henry VIII played by Law.
Another Oscar winner who participated in the festival was the actress Jennifer Lawrence, but this time as a producer of “Bread and Roses”, a documentary that explores the daily life of three women in the weeks after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.