For only the second time, this is the film of a director (French) will open the Cannes Film Festival on 13 June. This is High Head , Emmanuelle Bercot.
Last year, Grace of Monaco opened the Ball and received an icy reception. This year, the auteur film The Head- that will launch this 68th edition of the Cannes Film Festival and is Emmanuelle Bercot the second provider and his film opening. On the official website, the general delegate Thierry Fremaux event explains this choice: “It’s obviously a reflection of our desire to see the Festival started with a different work, strong and moving. The film Emmanuelle Bercot says important things about today’s society, in the tradition of modern cinema, fully engaged on social issues, and whose universal nature makes it an ideal place to the global public to be to go to Cannes. ”
The cast of the film
As the statement, High Head says “educational course Malony, from six to eighteen years, a juvenile judge and educator tirelessly trying to save.” The cast include Benoît Magimel, Rod Paradot, Sara Forestier and Catherine Deneuve, who the filmmaker had already given the lead role in his previous film, very good She goes, in 2013. The French actress legendary filmography should climb the famous steps with Emmanuelle Bercot, whose talent has already been recognized at Cannes since it received the Jury Prize in 1997 for his short film Les Vacances.
The 47-year-old actress also co-wrote the script for Poliss , Maïwenn, film in which she played the role of “Sue Ellen”. After Diane Kurys in 1987 with A man in love , so it is the second woman since its first edition in 1946, to the opening of the always highly anticipated festival.
For the official selection, it will wait until Thursday, April 16.
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