TO 14 years from the role of president of the jury, Robert De Niro will be celebrated on Tuesday 13 May with The honorary golden palm during the ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
Robert De Niro: Golden Palma in Cannes 2025
De Niro has shaped the collective imagination with interpretations that have become legendary. Taxi driver, Twentieth century, The Godfather – Part II, Torro unleashed, Once upon a time in America And Those good guys These are just some of the titles that have consecrated him. With two Oscar prizes and a historical collaboration with Martin Scorsese that began in 1973 with Mean StreetsDe Niro has gone through five decades of cinema while maintaining rare artistic consistency, which has made its style recognizable and loved by many.
Born to parents artists and with Italian origins – Molise on the paternal side – has been able to merge roots and vision, also becoming a director, producer and founder of Tribeca Film Festivalborn after September 11 to return cultural vitality to a wounded neighborhood in New York.
Cannes, Scorsese and the commitment present
The story between De Niro and Cannes has its roots in 1976, the year in which Taxi driver He won the golden palm and his career took flight. In that same year it was also present Twentieth century by Bernardo Bertolucci, another milestone played by the New York actor. Since then, De Niro has repeatedly torn the Croisette with titles such as Re for one night, Once upon a time in America And The Mission.
Today, at 81, he continues to renew himself, with films such as Killers of the Flower Moon And The Alto Knightsin addition to the Netflix series Zero Day. In recent years he has also given voice to his political commitment, assuming clear public positions, especially against the Trump administration. The Cannes 2025 Festival thus becomes the ideal stage to pay homage not only to an actor, but to a symbol of contemporary cinematographic culture, with his own art and ideas.
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