Dog named Messi steals the spotlight on the Cannes red carpet

Since appearing in the French film Anatomy of a Fall, Messi has become the most beloved dog in the film industry. At this year's Oscar ceremony, Messi caused a sensation, sitting in the event hall as a special guest. At the 2024 Oscars, Anatomy of a Fall won the Best Original Screenplay award.

Whenever Messi appears at an event, he becomes a star attracting attention. At the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Messi was assigned the role of media ambassador for the event on social media platforms.

Messi the dog steals the show on the Cannes red carpet (Photo: RFI).

Aside from his red carpet appearances as a delightful surprise element, Messi also captures captivating moments that attract the audience's attention, and these moments will be shared on social media to promote the festival.

Messi's filming tool is a selfie stick with an attached camera. Always accompanying Messi at events is his trainer - Laura Martin Contini.

In the movie Anatomy of a Fall, Messi plays the role of a dog named Snoop. Snoop holds important secrets of the characters in the film, as he has witnessed everything that happened to the main characters.

The story of Anatomy of a Fall revolves around the investigation of the suspicious death of a man. The unlucky man's wife, a female writer, is arrested on suspicion of killing her husband. The woman must find a way to prove her innocence after the sudden death of her husband.

Messi carrying out filming duties at the event, contributing to the promotion of the festival on social media (Photo: RFI).

Messi is currently the most beloved dog in the film industry (Photo: RFI).

Despite revolving around a case and having many legal elements in the plot, Anatomy of a Fall is actually a "dissection" of the married life of the female writer.

In the courtroom, every intimate detail of the writer's married life is analyzed, dissected in front of the media and the public. Everything seems as if the private lives of the two individuals are being put under a microscope, every intimate detail is publicly analyzed to serve the trial.

Messi with his trainer (Photo: RFI).

Justine Triet - the female director of the film - is the 3rd woman in the history of the Cannes Film Festival to win the Palme d'Or (after Jane Campion with the film The Piano and Julia Ducournau with the film Titane). Legendary American actress Jane Fonda was the one who presented the award to the French female director.

When stepping up to present the award, Jane Fonda emphasized the significant progress that the Cannes Film Festival has made, with the position of women in the film industry improving a lot at this event. Films by female directors competing in important categories are increasing, and their names are being called for prestigious awards more and more.