The Cannes Film Festival officially kicks off Tuesday, May 14. Celebrities walk the red carpet into the plush Grand Theatre Lumiere to honor Hollywood actor Meryl Streep.
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00:00 The Cannes Film Festival officially kicks off Tuesday, May 14.
00:05 Celebrities walk the red carpet into the plush Grand Theatre Lumiere
00:09 to honor Hollywood actor Meryl Streep.
00:12 The audience gave a minutes-long ovation for Streep
00:15 when she took the stage in a simple white gown and black framed glasses.
00:19 She is welcomed by French actor Juliette Binoche in a red dress who said,
00:23 "You change the way we look at women in the cinema world."
00:27 Streep is known for her performance in the films Sophie's Choice,
00:30 The Bridges of Madison County, The Iron Lady, among others.
00:34 While watching a montage that played all of her films,
00:37 she says it's "like looking out the window of a bullet train."
00:41 (upbeat music)