RObert De Niro is the indisputable star of Cannes Film Festival 2025. Yesterday at the opening ceremony of the 78th edition of the Festival, where he received the palm of honor for his career, I welcomed the public with a standing ovation. Today, al Rendez Vous In the Debussy room, the ovation is by the stadium: only the scarves were missing with the name of the legend of cinema.
Robert De Niro in Cannes 2025. The documentary on the homosexual painter father
The Oscar -winning actor dialogues with the director and artist JR, with whom he is turning the documentary on his father entitled The Past Goes Faststill in progress. Robert Henry De Niro was a painter, poet and sculptor. In 1940 he met Virginia Admiral, mother of De Niro Jr .. sOlo shortly after the birth of the son the two separated and De Niro Sr. declared himself homosexual. The journey is between suggestive images and words, in memory and in memories, in art and in life.
“I wanted my children and all family members to know the grandfather. Even the little ones. His inheritance is important for me and so I tried to keep his memory through this documentary. I did it for them ». Most of the conversation focuses on The Past Goes Fast. A lost opportunity for the public to meet some gem on the bob actor.
Robert De Niro in Cannes 2025. (Getty Images)
De Niro, the fear of death and the actors of life: from Brando to James Dean
Telling about his father De Niro he addresses a thorny theme like death. “I’m afraid, but I have no choice. So if you know you have no choice, you can also start thinking about how to deal with it. We must learn to embrace life, go on and accept everything, for the good and evil».
Robert De Niro with Quentin Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio. (Instagram JR photo)
Then the conversation finally dilutes when an Italian journalist from the audience asks him the question about the actors who made him love cinema. And someone from the room screams: “Great question!” “For me The most important actors were Lawrence Olivier, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and James Dean. While among the films he cites: Front of the port by Elia KazanJohn Ford’s western, The Knight of the Vale Solitario and the films written by Tennessee Williams ».
“I’m still looking for my relatives in Italy”
Bob De Niro is still looking for his identity. “I’m still looking for relatives in Italy and Germany – reveals – Growing, aging, living life is a gift. Old age is experience, it has advantages: you learn a lot about people, things, on what you observe ».
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