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Johnny Depp shines again at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival

October 2, 2025

Johnny Depp fans in the French Riviera town held banners reading “Congratulations, Johnny” and “We’re sorry”.

The Cannes Film Festival did not break its usual promise every year, and its opening saw the emergence of a large group of stars such as Mads Mikkelsen and John K. Riley and Helen Mirren, who dyed its blue hair.

And Depp plays in the film “John de Barry”, directed by Maywen Le Bisco, known as Maywen, the role of the King of France Louis XV, while she also plays the role of Du Barry, the concubine of the King of France, who climbed the social ladder and became his favorite.

Critics pointed to the film’s appeal, which received funding from Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival Foundation with a total budget of around $22.4 million, but said the film lacked pace.

The French-language film, which has yet to be released in North America, marks the start of a comeback for Pirates of the Caribbean star Depp, who has appeared in a handful of films and TV since his trial ended. in June 2022.

A US jury awarded Depp a near complete victory in his libel battle with his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, and awarded him more than $10 million in compensation.

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Arab Desk

Arab Desk

The Arab Desk leads The Eastern Herald's reporting on the Middle East and North Africa. The desk has covered the Gaza-Israel war since October 2023, the Iran-Israel war of 2025-2026, the fall of the Assad government in Syria, Hezbollah's political and military shifts in Lebanon, the war in Yemen, and the diplomatic realignment of the Gulf states under the Abraham Accords and the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement.

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