Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsTilda Swinton pranks Timothée Chalamet during The French Dispatch premiereThe actors both star in Wes Anderson’s upcoming filmShareLink copied ✔️July 13, 2021July 13, 2021TextSofia MahirovaThe French Dispatch by Wes Anderson Wes Anderson’s long-awaited film, The French Dispatch, finally had its premiere at Cannes Film Festival yesterday (July 12), and Tilda Swinton celebrated the occasion by pranking fellow cast member Timothée Chalamet. The pair were in the audience as Anderson’s film received a nine (!) minute standing ovation, during which Swinton hugged Chalamet, sticking her ‘Tilda Swinton’ seat-holder sign onto his back. The moment was captured by Variety executive editor Ramin Setoodeh, who wrote on Twitter: “Look at what Tilda Swinton did to Timothee Chalamet during The French Dispatch standing ovation.” Also starring in the film is Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Kate Winslet, Elisabeth Moss, Christoph Waltz, Frances McDormand, and Benicio Del Toro. The French Dispatch is Anderson’s tenth feature film. The film’s official synopsis describes it “a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional 20th-century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in The French Dispatch.” Anderson is already prepping to shoot his next film in Spain this summer. Sets for the as-yet-untitled project – including a mock train station and landscapes typical of classic Westerns – have recently popped up on the outskirts of Chinchón, a town in south east Madrid, following last year’s rumours of a romance plot. For superfans of the director, the New York mansion from his 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums also recently became available to rent, for a mere $20,000 per month. Revisit the trailer below. Look at what Tilda Swinton did to Timothee Chalamet during ‘The French Dispatch’ standing ovation. #Cannes2021pic.twitter.com/MNmkzdUktA— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) July 12, 2021Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy