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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Falling Palm Tree Strikes Talent Agent at Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival took an unexpected turn on May 17 after high winds knocked down a palm tree on the Croisette promenade, seriously injuring a talent agent. According to Reuters, the man, whose name has not been released, is the agent for one of the actors in the Japanese film, Brand New Landscape. He is currently in the hospital and will be meeting with a specialist "after damaging his vertebrate and his nose," per festival organizers. An eyewitness explained to the Agence France-Presse what happened as the wind picked up in Cannes. "There was a terrible gust of wind and suddenly I heard screaming," they said. "I turned around and saw a palm tree that had been uprooted, a palm tree that was in poor condition…and it had knocked the person to the ground, who was seriously injured.' Colorado filmmaker, Harrison Sheehan, told Reuters that he saw a crowd gathering and thought it was paparazzi taking snapshots of a celebrity. "I just took like two steps further and there was a man on the ground with like blood all around his head," he explained. The accident has been zoned off by police so that local authorities can work on removing the tree while the festivities continue without interruption. Brand New Landscape premiered on May 16, but the movie's team has canceled the rest of their events, per the media outlet. Cannes Film Festival runs through Saturday, May 24.
Reuters
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Japanese agent injured by falling palm tree at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France, May 17 (Reuters) - The agent for an actor in the Japanese film "Brand New Landscape" was injured by a falling palm tree on Cannes Film Festival's crowded Croisette Boulevard on Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities and festival organisers. The man is still in hospital and will be examined by a specialist after damaging his vertebrate and his nose, said organisers of the Directors' Fortnight independent sidebar. They did not give the injured man's name nor his client's. The press team for the film starring Kodai Kurosaki that premiered on Friday has since cancelled their events. A man in his thirties was injured after a three-metre palm tree fell onto the sidewalk, according to local authorities. Police blocked off a portion of the beach-side promenade to allow authorities to remove the tree as soon as possible. Harrison Sheehan, a filmmaker from the U.S. state of Colorado, said that he saw people gathering around and filming something, and thought that it was a paparazzi situation. "I just took like two steps further and there was a man on the ground with like blood all around his head," he said. The festival on the French Riviera attracts between 35,000 and 40,000 attendees annually, not to mention the thousands of people who flock to the boulevard in hopes of catching a glimpse of the numerous celebrities.
