The star-studded Calvin Klein Women in Film soiree could not have come at a more appropriate moment — at a Cannes Film Festival where the death of women directors has been a major theme.
The gilded guest list of top actresses used the glamorous event on the grounds of a private mansion to speak out about equality — and perhaps show off their designer clothes. Emily Blunt looked ravishing in a figure-hugging cream sheath — and struck a cynical tone on the cinema landscape parity. “You’ll have a hit movie that women are at the forefront of and people are like ‘Oh, it’s all changing.’ And then I feel like it resorts back to what it was before … But I do feel that things are changing,” said Blunt, who stars in “Sicario,” one of the 19 films competing this year for Cannes’ top prize.
