Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino attend opening ceremony
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino arrive for a Cannes Film Festival Masterclass by Robert De Niro, the day after the iconic actor received an honorary Palme d'Or. (May 14)
Hollywood icon Robert De Niro lambasted "philistine" U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday and his proposed film tariff at the Cannes Film Festival's opening ceremony, where he used his lifetime achievement award speech to call for protests.
The Cannes Film Festival commenced with glamour. However, Robert De Niro's strong words against Donald Trump grabbed attention. He criticized Trump's proposed tariffs on foreign films. De Niro called it an attack on artistic freedom.