De Niro gets his due: Leonardo DiCaprio to present him with honorary Palme D'Or at the 78th Cannes Festival

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Tuesday will present veteran actor Robert De Niro with an honorary Palme D'Or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Awards.

Known for an exhaustive list of  fine films like 'Goodfellas', 'The Godfather Part II', 'Cape Fear', 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull', De Niro is a two-time Oscar winner for 'The Godfather Part II' (Best Supporting Actor) and 'Raging Bull' (Best Actor).

The prolific actor duo first met and collaborated with each other on the sets of 'This Boy's Life' (1993). Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' (2023), a thriller that chronicled the systemic explotation and murders of natives from the Osage Nation, indigenous to various parts of America (especially Oklahoma), was the duo's most recent collaboration.

De Niro will also participate in a masterclass on Wednesday at the Théâtre Debussy in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. It comes as no surprise that the legendary actor is also a Cannes veteran, presiding over the Cannes jury in 2011, the year the Palme d’Or had been awarded to Terrence Malick for 'The Tree of Life'.

“I have such close feelings for Festival de Cannes ... Especially now when there’s so much in the world pulling us apart, Cannes brings us together—storytellers, filmmakers, fans, and friends. It’s like coming home,” he declared, back when his honorary Palme d’or had been announced.

“There are faces that stand in for the seventh Art, and lines of dialogue that leave an indelible mark on cinephilia. With his interiorized style, which surfaces in a gentle smile or a harsh gaze, Robert De Niro has become a cinematic legend,” a Cannes statement announced at the time.

DiCaprio will next hit screens with Paul Thomas Anderson’s 'One Battle After Another', set to release on September 16.

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