The actress Cate Blanchett dazzled at the Cannes Festival with a green, black and white dress by Jean-Paul Gaultier that, by raising the train next to the red of the carpet, recreated the Palestinian flag. Blanchett, who has arrived at the festival as a UNHCR goodwill ambassador, has used her appearance to give a voice to refugees around the world, from Gaza to the Republic of the Congo, and ask that films be made about their “incredible and inspiring stories.” “.

Blanchett, a UNHCR collaborator since 2015, has traveled the world to meet people who have had to flee their homes. In recent months, she has visited South Sudan, Jordan and Nigerknowing first-hand the difficult realities of refugees.

“When I started in 2015, there were 60 million refugees and displaced people and now there are 140 millionit is an enormous number,” said Blanchett in a panel held at the Cannes Festival headquarters in which the actress and singer Cynthia Erivo and the Danish director Jonas Poher Rasmussen also participated. It is a global crisis, a global challenge, which It should be in more films because cinema is a reflection of reality, Blanchett explained.

“The stories of refugees are not only about their hard experiences, they speak about their sense of humor and their resilience, they are not monolithic. There are many stories it tellsr”, explained the actress.