Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

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00:00 There are some familiar faces in the running this year for Cannes' prestigious Palme d'Or.

00:07 Fresh from winning her second Oscar for Poor Things, Emma Stone teams up once again with

00:12 Yorgos Lanthimos for Kinds of Kindness.

00:16 Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola is making a comeback 45 years after his second

00:21 honour for Apocalypse Now, this time with his self-funded science fiction epic Megalopolis

00:28 that's been decades in the making.

00:33 In terms of homegrown talent, 2015 winner Jacques Ordial returns to La Croisette with

00:38 Emilia Perez, a cross between a musical and crime thriller with Selena Gomez.

00:43 The Apprentice, a biopic about the early years of Donald Trump by Iran-born director Ali

00:48 Abbasi, is also expected to draw attention.

00:52 George Lucas, the man behind Star Wars and Indiana Jones, will receive an honorary Palme

00:57 d'Or at the closing ceremony, capping off what is another very male-dominated edition.

01:03 Only four female directors have been named this year, compared to a record seven last

01:07 year - though several women will be in the limelight.

01:11 French actress Camille Cotard will be the master of ceremonies.

01:15 And following last year's billion-dollar hit Barbie, Greta Gerwig will preside over this

01:19 year's jury.

01:21 With 19 so far, fewer films than usual have been named in the official selection on the

01:26 Côte d'Azur, though more can still be added.

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