“And now it is my honour to announce the opening of the 183rd Cannes Film Festival”, shouted last Tuesday night in the packed Lumière Hall the American director Quentin Tarantino, throwing his microphone into the floor and winning endless applause and loud cheers. This was one of the rather memorable moments of the first days of the 78th Festival. All indications are that the heavy artillery of this year’s visitors was scheduled for the first half of the event, which ends on Saturday, May 24. Just before the Tarantino show, Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same stage to hand Robert De Niro, his great mentor, the festival’s special Golden Phoenix for his overall offering In the 7th art.. This is the last “Dangerous Mission”. Aside from all the other things about his professionalism – and there are many – one of the reasons why Tom Cruise, who turns 63 in July, remains so popular with the young world, is the immediacy of the In the communication.