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Getty Images Cannes regular Javier Bardem was the toast of the Palais on Saturday as “The Beloved” had its world premiere in competition and received a 7-minute ovation.
A beaming Bardem went up and down the line of the film’s cast, hugging each one. He also waved enthusiastically to the crowds up in the balcony. At one point, he lovingly gave festival director Thierry Fremaux a bear hug.
From Rodrigo Sorogoyen — an Oscar nominee for his short film “Mother” — “The Beloved” sees Bardem play a legendary director who offers his estranged daughter (Victoria Luengo) a role in his latest film under the pretext of helping her with her stalled acting career. But while working together on set brings them closer together than they have been for years, it also reopens old wounds.
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