Wes Anderson's new feature film, The French Dispatch, starring Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Stephen Park, and Benicio Del Toro, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
The stars were there to mark the event and watch the movie with everybody else, and nobody did the "wholesome friendship" thing quite like Chalamet and Swinton:
We Need To Talk About Timothee and Tilda. #TimotheeChalamet #TildaSwintonpic.twitter.com/u4qvCfrliL— Keir Basilio (@Keir Basilio) 1626173075
More of Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Tilda Swinton at Cannes Film Festival! #Cannes2021pic.twitter.com/Si6wL27Tce— Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Updates (@Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Updates) 1626109926
Tilda Swinton and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet looking like endearing extraterrestrials we don't deserve at the Cannes Film Festival.pic.twitter.com/7R95vVaubM— Sayantan Ghosh (@Sayantan Ghosh) 1626120244
Wes Anderson gets a standing ovation as he enters the premiere of \u2018The French Dispatch.\u2019 Timothee Chalamet and Tilda Swinton are holding hands down the aisle. #Csnnes2021pic.twitter.com/quXD2jOPiq— Ramin Setoodeh (@Ramin Setoodeh) 1626109727
Tilda Swinton and Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet share a laugh on the #Cannes red carpet at #TheFrenchDispatch premiere.pic.twitter.com/NwBjT7lNXL— Variety (@Variety) 1626110225
The film would go on to receive a nine minute standing ovation by attendees of the festival.
During that ovation, Tilda executed a swift, and incredibly wholesome, prank on Chalamet, where she stuck a sign on his back that said "Tilda Swinton" and turned him to face the camera so that everybody saw it.
Look at what Tilda Swinton did to Timothee Chalamet during \u2018The French Dispatch\u2019 standing ovation. #Cannes2021pic.twitter.com/MNmkzdUktA— Ramin Setoodeh (@Ramin Setoodeh) 1626117460
| Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet junto a Tilda Swinton en la premiere de \u2018The French Dispach\u2019 en el Festival de Cannes.pic.twitter.com/9Rb8gNoZ9e— Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Updates (@Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Updates) 1626117973
Legendhttps://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— S\u00edle N\u00ed Dhubhghaill (@S\u00edle N\u00ed Dhubhghaill) 1626350540
Savage. Absolute goals.https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Amy Drake (@Amy Drake) 1626254909
Queenhttps://twitter.com/raminsetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Thea Butler (@Thea Butler) 1626202117
Chalamet has endeared himself repeatedly into the hearts of iconic Hollywood stars, such as actress Glenn Close, and into the hearts of millions of people around the world by holding such friendships.
This is likely only to endear him more.
She's such a legend.https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Andy Dowling (@Andy Dowling) 1626196207
Oh, she out of this world!! https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— thatPanosT (@thatPanosT) 1626193897
I would give everything I have to even be 1 % as cool as Swinton.https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Danielle Campbell (@Danielle Campbell) 1626174930
Inside I am Tilda Swintonhttps://twitter.com/raminsetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Julia Hardy \ud83c\udf08 (@Julia Hardy \ud83c\udf08) 1626174354
Tilda wins Someone MUST do this at the #Emmys this year.https://twitter.com/RaminSetoodeh/status/1414665280542871554\u00a0\u2026— Angela Relucio (@Angela Relucio) 1626307261
The French Dispatch was originally meant to premiere at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, but was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. As such, most of the audience wore masks for the duration of the film.
It will be released in theaters worldwide beginning on October 21, 2021.
