The Cannes Film Festival concluded on May 24th (local time). This year's beauty contest featuring actresses in gorgeous dresses was a hot topic, but this time, the focus was on beautiful skin rather than clothes. Skincare brand SK-II released backstage footage of Haruka Ayase, who stars in Hirokazu Koreeda's latest film, Our Little Sister, which has also garnered significant attention in Japan. Ayase's tight schedule included walking the red carpet on the same day she arrived in Cannes. Since the entire world was watching, she apparently took extra care with her skincare routine during the flight, but she couldn't let go of SK-II, for which she is an ambassador. To maintain moisture during the dry air on the plane, she thoroughly moisturized with a facial treatment mask in addition to a facial treatment essence. She also applied SK-II skincare and makeup, revealing the secret to maintaining her radiant skin. Thanks to her efforts, Haruka Ayase, who appeared in a dress from Dior's 2014-2015 Autumn/Winter Haute Couture Collection, was showered with flashes from reporters gathered from around the world, garnering attention from media outlets around the world, including France. This was her first international film festival, and Haruka Ayase commented, "This was my first time at Cannes, and I feel it was one of the most shining moments of my life. It was a truly new and wonderful experience, something I've never had before, and it made me want to strive for even higher goals and carve out my own destiny." There was another "new and wonderful experience" as well. The climax of her Cannes trip was her first meeting with actress Cate Blanchett, global ambassador for SK-II. Cate was also at Cannes this year, promoting her latest film, "Carol." Speaking to Haruka Ayase, the Oscar-winning actress and next-generation leader, Kate shared her own "fate-changing moments" at previous film festivals. "Going to a film festival like Cannes is truly a life-changing experience. Haruka is about to experience the same moment that I experienced in the past. When I took part in the Venice Film Festival with 'Elizabeth', I was very inexperienced at the time and had never been to a film festival before. I remember being very scared when someone told me just before the event that there might be booing from the audience. But whatever the outcome, I knew that something would have changed by the next morning. It was true, and something truly amazing had happened," she recalled.
In response to these unexpected words from Kate, a world-famous actress who is now the face of the Cannes Film Festival, Ayase Haruka said, still excited, "It was a very valuable experience to have had the opportunity to meet Kate. I thought she was a wonderful actress after seeing her works, but when I actually met her, she was a wonderful person who was happy, powerful, and also very kind. As a senior actress who has been to Cannes many times, she gave me some very educational words. I am glad I had the chance to spend time with her."
