CANNES, France (AP) 鈥 Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the red carpet, but one attendee Saturday night literally came as a bird.
Ahead of the the premiere of Lynne Ramsay鈥檚 鈥淒ie, My Love,鈥 with Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence, a man came fully dressed as bird, complete with a beak and feathers.
The costume had a purpose. It was a tie-in with the documentary 鈥淚 Love Peru,鈥 which is playing in the Cannes Classics section. The costume was specifically a condor, which in Peru has been seen as a creature connecting heaven and earth.
The Cannes Film Festival recently and 鈥渆xcessively voluminous鈥 gowns. But it has no policy against condors.
The Associated Press