EVA Longoria raises the gold bar at the opening ceremony of a global movie celebration.

The Desperate Housewives star, 49, wore an off-the-shoulder metallic gown for the Red Sea International Film Festival.

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She joined fellow actresses including Catherine Zeta-Jones, 55, and Emily Blunt, 41, at the event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

More than 120 films from 81 countries will be shown at the festival, which has US film director Spike Lee, 67, heading up the jury for the features’ competition.

Last month Eva said she had left America after saying it is becoming “dystopian” and will be “scary” after Trump’s win.

Longoria has now given an interview to Marie Claire magazine in which she bemoaned she was done with Hollywood and “doesn’t miss it”.

She has been living outside of the US for some time before the election – despite coming back to campaign for Kamala.

And she will not be returning in the wake of Trump’s victory, saying his America will be a “scary place”.

Longoria said: “I get to escape and go somewhere. Most Americans aren’t so lucky.

“They’re going to be stuck in this dystopian country, and my anxiety and sadness is for them.”

And uprooting herself from her glam life in star-studded LA to spend her time between Spain and Mexico, she said she was “privileged”.

The actress said: “It just feels like this chapter in my life is done now.

“I’m privileged.”

She added: “If [Trump] keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place

Longoria, her husband, José Bastón, and their son, Santiago, 6, now live between Mexico and Spain.

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