CANNES (AP) – The star-studded Calvin Klein Women in Film soiree could not have come at a more appropriate moment – at a Cannes Film Festival where the death of women directors has been a major theme.
The gilded guest list of top actresses used the glamorous event on the grounds of a private mansion to speak out about equality – and perhaps show off their designer clothes.
Emily Blunt looked ravishing in a figure-hugging cream sheath – and struck a cynical tone on the cinema landscape parity.
“You’ll have a hit movie that women are at the forefront of and people are like ‘Oh, it’s all changing.’ And then I feel like it resorts back to what it was before … But I do feel that things are changing,” said Blunt, who stars in “Sicario,” one of the 19 films competing this year for Cannes’ top prize.
Rachel Weisz called it “very sad that an event like tonight has to happen.”