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Dame Joan Collins Brings Movie Star Glamour to the Cannes Opening Ceremony
She made her Cannes debut back in 1972.
By Emily Burack
Joan Collins is back in Cannes after a nearly decade-long hiatus. For the opening ceremony at Palais des Festivals last night, she made a statement in a sculptural gown paired with diamond chandelier earrings and necklace.
Her dress was a custom-made Stephane Rolland Haute Couture long white orchid dress, and she completed the look with black opera gloves. On the red carpet, she was joined by French actor Laurent Lafitte.
Collins first attended the French film festival in 1972, wearing a one-shoulder white dress. She has since been to Cannes numerous times over the decades, but her last appearance came in 2018.
She has a good reason to return: Collins’s film My Duchess—previously titled The Bitter End—will premiere this week. The movie will enter the Cannes market today, according to Deadline. “Obviously at the back of my mind, I’m always thinking about the other Duchesses,” producer John Gore said of the name change, referring to Sarah Ferguson, formerly the Duchess of York, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. “I thought, ‘We have to have Duchess in the title so people can make all those kind of connections,’ even though you can’t really say them in the movie, but people need to think of it in that way.”
In the movie, Collins plays Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. “I’m always fascinated by women who everybody says are nasty people. And when you strip it all off, you find out that they’re not really,” Collins said of the late Duchess. In a clip shared on her Instagram upon her arrival in Cannes, the actress said the film is “absolutely wonderful.”
Joan Collins is back in Cannes after a nearly decade-long hiatus. For the opening ceremony at Palais des Festivals last night, she made a statement in a sculptural gown paired with diamond chandelier earrings and necklace.
Her dress was a custom-made Stephane Rolland Haute Couture long white orchid dress, and she completed the look with black opera gloves. On the red carpet, she was joined by French actor Laurent Lafitte.
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Collins first attended the French film festival in 1972, wearing a one-shoulder white dress. She has since been to Cannes numerous times over the decades, but her last appearance came in 2018.
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| Joan attended Cannes Festival in 1978. |
She has a good reason to return: Collins’s film My Duchess—previously titled The Bitter End—will premiere this week. The movie will enter the Cannes market today, according to Deadline. “Obviously at the back of my mind, I’m always thinking about the other Duchesses,” producer John Gore said of the name change, referring to Sarah Ferguson, formerly the Duchess of York, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. “I thought, ‘We have to have Duchess in the title so people can make all those kind of connections,’ even though you can’t really say them in the movie, but people need to think of it in that way.”
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In the movie, Collins plays Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. “I’m always fascinated by women who everybody says are nasty people. And when you strip it all off, you find out that they’re not really,” Collins said of the late Duchess. In a clip shared on her Instagram upon her arrival in Cannes, the actress said the film is “absolutely wonderful.”
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