The excitement that usually builds to a crescendo ahead of the Cannes Film Festival’s opening night has been reined in this year by rumours of potentially explosive #MeToo allegations, and a possible festival workers’ strike that could shut down the event.

There is much to be thrilled about, with Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” and Emma Stone – fresh off “Poor Things” success – teaming up again with Yorgos Lanthimos in “Kinds of Kindness” – among the big-name films premiering.

The combination of being excited about the films and being concerned about disruption and maybe criminal allegations, that’s combining into a very weird mood this year,” Scott Roxborough, European bureau chief for The Hollywood Reporter, told Reuters on Monday.

Organizers have brought in a crisis management team, French daily Le Figaro reported last week, to deal with any fallout from the possible release of the names of 10 industry figures accused of sexual abuse that could coincide with the opening ceremony on Tuesday.