In pictures: Hollywood heart-throb Timothée Chalamet lights up Cannes

US actor Timothee Chalamet, who rose prominence after starring in the gay romance 'Call Me by Your Name', is in Cannes to present his latest film, 'The French Dispatch'.
US actor Timothee Chalamet, who rose prominence after starring in the gay romance 'Call Me by Your Name', is in Cannes to present his latest film, 'The French Dispatch'. © Mehdi Chebil

Wes Anderson's latest film, The French Dispatch, is finally out and Cannes got to show it first with a parade of its stars, including Timothée Chalamet, there to strut along the carpet before its viewing.

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The Cannes Film Festival's seventh day saw with the premiere of 'The French Dispatch', a star-studded movie by director Wes Anderson. The film, which tells the story of an American journalist based in France who creates a magazine, in an ode to print journalism.

Timothée Chalamet, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson were all out in front of the tuxedoed photographers and eager onlookers before the film got its first showing.

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