Amal Clooney stuns in black at Cannes Film Festival
DUBAI: Lebanese British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney made a head-turning appearance at the 78th Cannes Film Festival this week, wearing a black gown by British designer John Galliano.
Clooney attended the premiere of 'Bono: Stories of Surrender' in a sleek, off-the-shoulder dress featuring a fitted bodice with subtle draping and a floor-length skirt with a gentle train. She completed the look with a black clutch and Cartier statement earrings, styling her hair in soft, voluminous waves.
On the red carpet, Clooney was joined by U2 guitarist the Edge and frontman Bono, the subject of 'Bono: Stories of Surrender.'
Amal Clooney made a head-turning appearance at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. (Getty Images)
The black-and-white film, directed by Andrew Dominik, adapts Bono's 2022 memoir 'Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story' and his one-man stage show of the same name.
Set to some of U2's most iconic tracks, Bono opens up about the tragedy that marked his childhood, with his mother Iris collapsing and dying at her own father's funeral when the singer was 14.
His father, Brendan 'Bob' Hewson, already a man of few words, retreated into shock, anger and depression.
Clooney was joined by U2 guitarist the Edge (L) and frontman Bono (R) on the red carpet. (Getty Images)
The film is also a love letter to the singer's wife, Ali Hewson, who he met when they were both 15, the same fateful day U2 was formed in a Dublin school. The film streams on Apple TV+ from May 30.
Bono, who has spent decades fighting for more aid to Africa and to lift the debt burden from poor countries, told the audience at the premiere that the world is again being threatened by fascism as it was when the festival was set up in 1939.
'Mussolini and the little man with a moustache, and his mate Goebbels had taken over the Venice Film Festival, so this festival was set up to fight fascism,' the singer said.
'It took it until 1946 (for the festival to get going) but it stands for that freedom now.'
He said that Hollywood star Sean Penn — a vocal advocate for Ukraine — had 'brought us some friends from the actual trenches, from the front line in Ukraine, and they're here tonight.
'I just want to thank you because you're keeping us free,' Bono added to loud cheers.
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