Messi the dog comes to Cannes for an encore
Messi, the dog from the film Anatomy Of A Fall, walked up and down the Cannes carpet ahead of the opening ceremony.
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The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs.
Messi, the dog from the film Anatomy Of A Fall, walked up and down the Cannes carpet on Tuesday ahead of the opening ceremony.
Lines of tuxedo-clad photographers called out “Messi! Messi” while the border collie strolled past and climbed the stairs to the Palais des Festivals.
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For some 20 minutes, Messi had Cannes’ complete attention while frolicking on the carpet.
His bark echoed down the Croisette.
The red carpet went unsoiled.
For Messi, it was a kind of return to the scene of the crime.
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Messi – Snoop in the film – won the Palm Dog, a journalist-created prize for the festival’s top dog.
And as Anatomy Of A Fall, in which the dog’s perspective holds certain keys to the whodunit, continued through awards season, Messi emerged as Hollywood’s favourite new dog and a particularly cuddly Oscar campaign prop.
He attended both the academy luncheon of nominees and the Oscar ceremony.
Anatomy Of A Fall won best original screenplay.
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The festival is shooting daily one-minute videos of Messi for French television that will be collected for a TikTok video.
On Tuesday, he carried a camera stick in his teeth.