'The Birthday Party' premiere photos May 22

Journal-News published a photo gallery on May 22 from the Cannes premiere of “The Birthday Party,” part of the festival’s late-stage red-carpet coverage. The images showed Monica Bellucci, director Léa Mysius, Tatia Tsuladze, Alane Delhaye and Bastien Bouillon arriving for the screening in Cannes, France. A matching syndicated gallery carried by other U.S. newspaper sites showed Mysius posing with Tawba El Gharchi, Bellucci and Delhaye at the premiere. (deadline.com) ### Which film was on that carpet? (festival-cannes.com) Festival de Cannes listed “The Birthday Party” among the 2026 Competition titles, with Léa Mysius named as director on the official selection page. Unifrance identifies the film as a French feature and lists Monica Bellucci, Hafsia Herzi, Benoît Magimel and Bastien Bouillon among the cast. Deadline reported on May 23 that the film is adapted from Laurent Mauvignier’s novel and premiered in Cannes competition. A review notice surfaced under the French title “Histoires De La Nuit,” linking the English title “The Birthday Party” to the same Cannes debut. (goshennews.com) ### Who appeared in the May 22 photo coverage? Journal-News’ gallery description named Monica Bellucci, Léa Mysius, Tatia Tsuladze, Alane Delhaye and Bastien Bouillon as subjects in the red-carpet coverage. The syndicated image package also identified Tawba El Gharchi in at least one arrival shot from the same premiere. (festival-cannes.com) Page Six reported that the Cannes premiere of “Histoires De La Nuit (The Birthday Party)” on May 22 also drew other festival attendees including Eva Longoria, Stellan Skarsgård and Ariana Greenblatt. (deadline.com) That broader attendance list indicates the premiere functioned as both a film launch and a late-festival red-carpet event. ### Why did the gallery land on May 22? The Associated Press said the 79th Cannes Film Festival ran for 12 days of premieres, photo calls and red carpets, and festival coverage in the final stretch was still heavily image-driven. (goshennews.com) Journal-News’ publication date of May 22 placed the gallery in that closing run of Cannes visual coverage, one day before the festival’s scheduled end on May 23. The official Cannes site says the 2026 festival selection was announced earlier in April, and “The Birthday Party” was one of the Competition entries awaiting its festival screening. (pagesix.com) That made the May 22 premiere one of the final Competition red carpets before the festival closed. ### Was there any immediate reaction to the screening? Deadline reported that “The Birthday Party” received a 12-minute ovation after its Cannes premiere. The trade described the screening as one of the final Competition showings as the festival wrapped. (ap.org) Review coverage published on May 23 also began appearing immediately after the screening, including notices tied to Bellucci and Mysius. Those early responses followed the same sequence common at Cannes: red carpet, premiere, then overnight reviews and reception reports. (festival-cannes.com) ### What comes next for “The Birthday Party”? Unifrance lists “The Birthday Party” as a 2026 French feature, and the Cannes Competition placement means it now moves from premiere coverage into the festival awards conversation. The Cannes official selection page remains the central record for the film’s Competition status and credits. (deadline.com) May 23 is the festival’s closing day, according to Associated Press coverage of Cannes 2026, and post-premiere reporting is likely to continue through awards announcements and additional festival photo distribution. (deadline.com) (ap.org) (festival-cannes.com)