Laurent Lafitte will be the master of ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival, whose 69th edition will take place from 11 to 22 May next, said Thursday Canal + and the festival in a statement. The comedian, actor and comedian 42 years will host the opening ceremony on 11 May and the prize at the closing ceremony on Sunday 22 May, both broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal +. Resident of the Comédie-French since 2012, he was the master of ceremonies of the 25th Molière Award in 2011.
George Miller, chairman of the jury
Laurent Lafitte began his career in the 90s having triumphed in his one-person show ( “Laurent Lafitte, as the name suggests”), he leads from the front a career in film and theater. This is stated in different registers, comedy ( “On the Other Side of the Tracks”, “16 years … almost,” “Mom or Dad” …), drama, art film ( “The little White Lies “,” Les Beaux Jours “,” Sadness Club, “” Boomerang “). It was the poster for “Love Punch” alongside Pierce Brosman and Emma Thompson, and has just completed filming “She”, under the direction of Paul Verhoeven Dutch. He is currently shooting the next film by Albert Dupontel “Goodbye up there.” He succeeds Lambert Wilson who was master of ceremonies at Cannes two years running, in 2014 and 2015. The jury of the Cannes Film Festival will be chaired this year by Australian filmmaker George Miller, director of the famous saga “Mad Max”.
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