Cannes 2025: Denzel Washington leaves with a surprise palm of gold

The American actor was celebrated just before the screening of Highest 2 Lowest, the new film by Spike Lee.

He will never forget his first passage on the Croisette.

Yesterday, Denzel Washington made his very first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in 50 years of career. To mark the occasion, a rare and special tribute was paid to him: the actor left with a Palme d’Or of Honor Discount with great pomp just before the projection of Highest 2 Lowestthe new film of Spike Lee.

Before the projection, Thierry Frémauxdirector of the festival, launched a vibrant montage retracing the great hours of the Washington course. Extracts from Malcolm X And Mo ‘Better Bluesmade by Lee, of course. But also its Oscar -winning performances in Glory And Training day. Then, under the cheers, Spike Lee went on stage to put the trophy himself to the one he called with emotion “My Brother from Another Mother”. A rare, authentic moment, that Washington welcomed mouth: “I didn’t expect it at all.”

And what better opportunity to honor a living legend than at the dawn of a new chapter?

Because Highest 2 LowestThriller coupoing acclaimed for 6 minutes after his projection by the festival-goers, is a New York remake of the Japanese classic High and low d ‘Akira Kurosawa (1963). The film transposes the existentialist suspense in a contemporary Manhattan. Denzel Washington A MIDDE MAGNAT embodies in a high tension ransom case there. By his side: the rap star A $ AP Rocky in the role of Yung felona young rapper ready to do anything to win.

Highest 2 Lowest will be released in theaters on September 5 in France.