The Cannes Film Festival launches a warning to the "ignorant" leaders of the world

The Cannes Film Festival had a difficult start with its chairman of the jury who accused world leaders of governing with "rage, anger and lies".

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu said the dominant rhetoric about immigration – including the notion of a US-Mexican border wall – could lead to another world war.

"The problem is that ignorance is happening," he added.

He spoke before the premiere of Jim Jarmusch's movie The Dead Don & # 39; t Die.

"I am absolutely against what is happening everywhere and I think that there will be something that will stop this dangerous thing that could come back to us in 1939. We know how this story will end if we continue in this rhetoric", said the Birdman, Babel. and director of Revenant.

Referring to climate change, he said: "The world is melting and these guys are reigning with rage, anger and lies, they are essentially writing fiction and inciting people to believe that these are facts and facts real. "

Aged 55, the jury of the jury's press conference, including actress Elleel Fanning and Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos, added: "I'm not a politician but, as a Artist, I can express through my work with an open heart what I think and be honest to what I leave through the work that I have done. "

A few hours later, the opening film of the festival – Jarmusch's comedy of zombies – offered a slightly more subtle satirical attack against the world's leading authorities, with regard to current climate change policies and the fight against climate change. 39; immigration.

The film, starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton, presents a zombie apocalypse caused by a "polar fracturing" that sends Earth out of its axis.

"Maybe everything will be like a bad dream," says Murray.

"I doubt it," replies the Pilot, "All of this is going to end badly."

The news film comes just weeks after the Extinction Rebellion protests shut down parts of London.

The opening film was broadcast simultaneously in 600 cinemas in France.

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The Dead Don's Die, who also featured Selena Gomez, Chloe Sevigny and a dazzling Iggy Pop add-on, addicted to coffee and beer, has already seen President Back Busen's Make Bus Great cap American Donald Trump.

His character has a similar character with the slogan Keep America Racist Again.

There was, however, some laughter in the press screening throughout the press screening, especially when Murray seemed to fall asleep briefly during the festival's long opening speeches.

The stars of The Dead Don & # 39; t Die have headed for the hectic night of Cannes, but should again appear before the press to answer Wednesday's questions.

The film festival is expected to become more political as the week progresses, thanks to new works by Ken Loach and Terence Mallick, two veterans of social consciousness, as well as to a woman's first film. black on the list of competitors – in the form of the Atlantic of Mati Diop.

Iñárritu and the eight-person panel will then watch and discuss the merits of the 21 films in competition over the next two days.

The winner will receive the prestigious Palme d'Or at the festival finals and the boss said Tuesday that the jury would make a decision based on "the art" and not on "the name or fame" of the Each director's offer.