Eva Longoria put on a show-stopping display in a classy metallic gown as she arrived at the opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday.
The Desperate Housewives star, 50, dazzled in the shimmering dress which featured a dramatic black train.
The actress joined a host of famous faces on the iconic red carpet before heading inside to enjoy a glᴀss of champagne and watch Partir Un Jour screening.
This year’s festival has officially placed a ban on ‘nudity’ and ‘voluminous outfits’.
The annual event – which is returning for the 78th time and is one of the most prestigious festivals in the movie industry’s calendar – has updated its red carpet dress code in time for Tuesday’s opening, with certain fashion trends not allowed.
The official charter reads: ‘For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in any other area of the festival.
Eva Longoria, 50, put on a show-stopping display in a classy metallic gown as she arrived at the opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday
The Desperate Housewives star dazzled in the shimmering dress which featured a dramatic black train
‘Voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater are not permitted.
‘The festival welcoming teams will be obligated to prohibit red carpet access to anyone not respecting these rules.’
This year’s Cannes Film Festival is taking place in the wake of Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international films.
Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own golden prize, the Palme d´Or, to give out at the end.
Filmmakers come from nearly every corner of the globe to showcase their films while dealmakers work through the night to sell finished films or packaged productions to various territories.
‘You release a film into that Colosseum-like situation,’ says Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, who´s returning to Cannes with ‘The Secret Agent, a thriller set during Brazil´s dictatorship.
‘You´ve got to really prepare for the whole experience because it´s quite intense – not very far from the feeling of approaching a roller coaster as you go up the steps at the Palais.’
Trump sent shock waves through Hollywood and the international film community when he announced on May 4 that all movies “produced in Foreign Lands” will face 100% tariffs.
The actress joined a host of famous faces on the iconic red carpet
She was joined by Carlos Sainz Jr on the iconic red staircase
The pair posed arm in arm on the red carpet
Eva looked out of this world as she flashed her age-defying figure in the silhouette dress
Eva enjoyed a glᴀss of champagne at H๏τel Martinez before the Partir Un Jour screening
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Over recent years the star-studded extravaganza has arguably won more attention for the outfits worn by its celebrity guests than the roster of feature films being screened on the Croisette.
But new nudity rules, devised for ‘the sake of decency,’ will be implemented when French director Amélie Bonnin’s Leave One Day opens the ceremony this week.
The surprise new policy features in a recent festival-goers charter – released with a series of outlines regarding expected public behaviour.
Guests are expected to converge on the Grand Auditorium Louis Lumière for some of the highest profile film screenings across a packed seven day schedule in Cannes.
It’s understood that the iconic venue now adopts a more conservative dress code, with suits, dinner jackets and floor-length evening gowns generally favoured over headline grabbing ensembles.
Classic little black dresses, cocktail dresses, pant-suits, dressy tops and elegant sandals, ‘with or without a heel’, will also be permitted.
While the decision to implement a more stringent policy will be a first, it is not known if French TV broadcasters, wary of airing nudity, played a role in its enforcement.
