The Olympic flame will go up the steps at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, carried by French Paralympic athlete Arnaud Assoumani, the organizers announced on Monday May 13.
“Paris 2024, in agreement with the Cannes town hall, offers the flame to the Festival on its red carpet”they indicated in a press release, while the festival opens Tuesday and will end on May 25.
On May 21, the film will also be screened in the evening “Olympics!” The France of the Games »a documentary by Mickaël Gamrasni.
According to the president of the Festival and its general delegate, Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux, it must trace “a century of participation in the Olympic Games, which have forever marked our collective memory”.
An “exceptional” evening
Olympic and Paralympic champions like David Douillet, Guy Drut, Jean Galfione, Céline Gerny, Laura Flessel, Laure Manaudou and Cédric Nankin testify there, and will be present at the Festival.
The Olympic flame will then return to Cannes on June 18, as part of its tour de France organized before the competition in Paris (July 26-August 11).