Photos: Cannes Film Festival's red carpet under Covid-19, glamour gets unmasked

For nearly everybody who has come to the Cannes Film Festival after months in various stages of lockdown and caution, the transition is head-spinning. Even in normal years, Cannes is an onslaught. But this time, plunging into full-capacity theaters and teeming red carpets is like stepping into another world. The pandemic is far from invisible at Cannes. A negative Covid-19 test is required every 48 hours for even those vaccinated — unless they got their shots in the European Union. Moviegoers wear masks indoors. Everything is a little muted. Usually well-booked hotels have vacancies. Screenings that would typically leave hundreds queueing outside don't fill up. The usual tuxedoed ticket-seekers praying for a handout have been pushed away from the Palais, the festival hub, to clear space. But in places like the Cannes red carpet, life is almost normal — if “normal” can ever apply to a stretch of carpet where coteries of stars drift in every few hours like parade floats. Glamour has been unmasked, maybe more than any other time in the last year and a half of pandemic.

Updated on: Jul 10, 2021 7:23 PM IST

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US model Bella Hadid arrives for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film "Annette" at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 6, 2021. (AFP)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Director Paul Verhoeven and cast member Virginie Efira pose. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "La fracture" (The Divide) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Director Catherine Corsini and cast members Marina Fois, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi pose. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "La fracture" (The Divide) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Cast member Aissatou Diallo Sagna poses. (REUTERS)

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US model Bella Hadid arrives for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film "Annette" at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 6, 2021. (AFP)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Jury member Melanie Laurent poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "La fracture" (The Divide) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Angelina Kali poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "La fracture" (The Divide) in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Actor Marina Fois arrives. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Jury member Maggie Gyllenhaal poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Model Tina Kunakey poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Actor Blanca Blanco poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Frederique Bel poses. (REUTERS)

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The 74th Cannes Film Festival - Screening of the film "Benedetta" in competition - Red Carpet Arrivals - Cannes, France, July 9, 2021. Elvira Jain poses. (REUTERS)