Pakistan, May 11 -- Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the 81-year-old actor whose history with the French film festival stretches back half a century.
In 1976, Robert De Niro starred in two films - Martin Scorsese's 'Taxi Driver' and Bernardo Bertolucci's '1900' - that premiered in competition at Cannes. 'Taxi Driver' was an immediate sensation and went home with the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or.
Since then, De Niro has been a regular on the Croisette, returning with 'The King of Comedy' in 1983, Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in America' in 1984 and Roland Joffe's 'The Mission' in 1986. Joffe's film also won the Palme d'Or, making De Niro the rare actor to star in ...