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French comedy's cast, including Lea Seydoux and Vincent Lindon,
were joined by actor Jane Fonda, model Heidi Klum and Messi, the
dog star of 2023's Palme d'Or winner "Anatomy Of a Fall," as
well as this year's jury, headed by Greta Gerwig.
Ahead of the ceremony, French singer Zaho de Sagazan performed
David Bowie's "Modern Love" in the theatre aisles to honor
Gerwig's black-and-white dance scene in "Frances Ha."
Gerwig sang along and seemed visibly touched by the performance
as de Sagazan got on stage to kiss her hand.
The audience gave a minutes-long ovation for Streep when she
took the stage in a simple white gown and black-frame glasses,
welcomed by French actor Juliette Binoche in a red dress.
"You changed the way we look at women in the cinema world," said
Binoche, who tried to control her breathing as she cried during
her speech. "And yet you are not self-serious, like me."
Streep - whose long list of films includes "Death Becomes Her,"
"Mamma Mia!" and "The Iron Lady" - listed people she wanted to
thank.
"It's like looking out the window of a bullet train," she said
of the montage that played of all her films.
"My mother, who was usually right about everything, said to me
'Meryl, darling, you'll see. It all goes so fast. So fast.' And
it has. Except for my speech," Streep told the audience.
(Reporting by Miranda Murray; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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