Scarlett Johansson makes nerve-wracking debut as director

Cannes film festival is this year seeing a number of actors stepping behind the camera

Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran film-maker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday.

Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling their first features.

Johansson’s film Eleanor the Great recounts the story of a grief-stricken elderly woman who moves to New York after the death of her best friend and will be screened on Tuesday evening. 

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