A real show stopper! Ex-French First Lady Carla Bruni dazzles in a one-shouldered blue and silver gown as she attends the Annette premiere at Cannes Film Festival
- The model and singer, 53, attended the opening ceremony of the 74th festival
- She wore floor-length embellished frock to the premiere of Annette on Tuesday
- Carla matched silver accessories to her dress which featured daring thigh slit
Former First Lady Carla Bruni put on a stylish display as she arrived at the Cannes Film Festival in southern France on Tuesday.
The model and singer, 53, who married ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy, 66, in 2008, turned heads in a figure-hugging blue and silver gown as she attended the opening ceremony of the 74th festival, which began with the premiere of Annette.
Italian-born Carla looked typically elegant in the one-shouldered frock, which featured dazzling embellished fabric that draped over one arm and cascaded down her back.
Carla, whose floor-length frock boasted a thigh-high slit which drew attention to her svelte pins, paired her glamorous ensemble with silver high heels and a dainty clutch bag.
The former French First Lady Carla Bruni, 53, turned heads in an embellished blue gown as she attended the Cannes Film Festival in southern France on Tuesday
The model and singer attended the opening ceremony of the 74th festival, which began with the premiere of Annette
The wife of Nicholas Sarkozy, who was president between 2007-2012, kept her accessories minimal – adding just a silver bracelet to ensure her stunning dress did the talking.
The couple share a daughter Giulia, eight, while Carla has a son, Aurélien Enthoven, 19, from a previous relationship.
Carla opted for a fresh-faced makeup look and let her chestnut locks fall over her shoulders in loose waves.
French filmmaker Leos Carax returns with his first feature film since the critically-acclaimed 2012 film Holy Motors for the new musical.
The wife of Nicholas Sarkozy opted for a one-shouldered gown, which featured dazzling embellished fabric that draped over one arm and cascaded down her back
Annette is Carax’s English language debut and the movie features music from the band Sparks.
The Sparks Brothers members Ron Mael and Russell Mael wrote both this original story and the music for the film, chosen as the Opening Night selection.
Earlier today, Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver posed together at Cannes Film Festival during a photocall for the upcoming movie.
Marion discussed the odd sex scenes the pair had when filming for their roles as a husband and wife, which involved some unusual singing whilst in bedroom situations.
She said: ‘On most classic musicals, you record your songs in advance and then you do playback on the set. But there, Leos wanted everything to be completely live.
‘It added to the complexity of the set: we found ourselves singing in very complicated positions, doing back-crawling or mimicking cunnilingus; acrobatic positions that technically modify your song [the way you sing].
The floor-length frock had a daring thigh-high slit which drew attention to Carla’s svelte pins as she made her way up the red carpet
‘But that was the effect Leos was looking for: he wanted the voices modified, thwarted, by the real [situation].’
Marion was intrigued by Carax’s vision because the musical movie – which tells the story of the titular young girl who is born with a special gift – is the first she can recall in which the characters have sex.
She said: ‘We strangely never see people f****** or doing trivial things in musical comedies.’
The film will be released in theatres on August 6, before debuting on the Amazon Prime Video streaming service on August 20.
The wife of Nicholas Sarkozy, who was president between 2007-2012, added a pair of silver heels and a dainty clutch to complement the embellished number
She kept her accessories minimal and let her frock do the talking, only adding a silver bracelet to her look as she beamed for the cameras