Cannes Day Two: Protests, Fights and Parties

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"Leto" Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 09: (L-R) actor Teo Yoo, actors Roman Bilyk, Irina Starshenbaum, Producer Ilya Stewart, cinematographer Vladislav Opelyants and actor Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff with a sign to free Director Kirill Serebrennikov as they attend the screening of "Leto" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Kering)

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"Leto" Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 09: Russian actor Roma Zver attends the screening of "Leto" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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"Wildlife" Photocall - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 09: (L-R) Actress Carey Mulligan and Director Paul Dano attend the photocall for "Wildlife" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at L'Espace Miramar on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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attends the press conference for "Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben)" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France.

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attends the screening of "Yomeddine" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France.

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"Leto" Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 09: Guests take a selfie on the red carpet prior the screening of "Leto" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

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"Leto" Red Carpet Arrivals - The 71st Annual Cannes Film Festival

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 09: Guests take pictures on the red carpet prior the screening of "Leto" during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 9, 2018 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

May 9, 2018

Festivals

Day two: the weather held, Critics’ Week began, and a political statement erupted on the red carpet around the Russian film Leto. A sidebar of drama roiled the Croisette – the seemingly never-ending dispute over the rights of Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, scheduled to close the festival on May 19. There were press conferences, attacks and counter-attacks and news of Gilliam being unwell in London – but planning to fly to Cannes as soon as possible. On the lighter side, the party cycle has begun. Cannes will always be Cannes.