Hollywood actor Tom Cruise won the honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicked off in France on May 17.. This was reported on the screening page on Twitter..

The report says that the award was presented to the actor before the premiere of the new film "

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Surprise! Tom Cruise recoit une Palme d'or d'honneur juste avant la projection de #TopGunMaverick! -Surprise! @TomCruise receives a Palme d'or d'honneur ahead of the screening of Top Gun: Maverick? pic. twitter. com/4MyJfwPMrf.

— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) May 18, 2022.

Cruz arrived in Cannes to present this tape - the continuation of the film " The release of the new film was postponed by two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Before the premiere of the film " And shortly before the start of the show, the president of the festival, Pierre Lescure, announced that Cruz would become the owner of an honorary award..

Recall that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. He compared the events of Russia's full-scale invasion of our country with World War II.. Citing Charlie Chaplin's satire on fascism "