The organizers of the Deauville American Film Festival had promised a surprise film and they kept their word lavishly. The spectators of the Norman festival which takes place from September 3 to 12 will be able to discover the large SF fresco by Denis Villeneuve which transposes with Timothée Chalamet the cult novel by Frank Herbert. The adaptation, one of the most anticipated feature films of the season, has just been unveiled out of competition in Venice and will also be presented at the Toronto Film Festival where Villeneuve will be honored. If given good critical and public reception,
Dune
should be a major contender in the Oscar race.
The
Dune
screening
isn't the only glamorous ad of the day. The Deauville Festival also invites three Hollywood legends on stage. Coming fleetingly and very tired in 2019 to present
Waiting for the barbarians
, Johnny Depp will lend himself on September 5, this time, to the game of meetings with festival-goers. Oliver Stone, director of the
JFK
documentary
the investigation
into the secrets of the assassination of the former US president will do the same. The
Pirates of the Caribbean
star
,
who considers himself ostracized from the studios since his divorce from Amber Heard amid domestic violence, will reveal
City of Lies
by Brad Furman who looks back on the rivalry and the assassination of rappers 2Pac and The Notorious BIG Deauville is the first stage of a media return which will also go through the San Sebastian festival.
Pillar of independent American cinema Michael Shannon, nominated twice for the Oscars for
Revolutionary Road
and
Nocturnal Animals,
will also be present in the Normandy seaside resort to receive the Deauville Talent Award.
The Scandinavian heroes of the Croisette and the last Claude Lelouch
Besides
Dune
, Deauville completes its “Premiere” section where we find the dramas presented at Cannes
Stillwater
with Matt Damon and
Flag Day
by and with Sean Penn, with
Kate
on an outdated hired killer (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Historical story
A son from the south
follows a descendant of the Ku Klux Klan who advocates for civil rights in Sixties America.
Former winner Jim Cummings'
The Beta Test
features an agent who receives an indecent proposal.
Oslo
, with Ruth Wilson
(The Affair)
, delves into the secret discussions of a small committed group made up of Israelis, Palestinians and a Norwegian couple who are secretly leading the negotiations leading to the development of the 1993 Oslo peace accords.
For the second consecutive year, the festival will also host some films from the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in “
L'heure de la Croisette
”.
Among these is the poignant
Julie
(in twelve chapters) who won the interpretation prize for her heroine and revelation Renate Reinsve or
Compartment n ° 6
, Grand Prix at Cannes.
Finally, Deauville will offer a world premiere of
Love is Better Than Life
, presented as the last film by French director and child of the region Claude Lelouch. For this edition, Bruno Barde is counting on
"a significant attendance"
, similar or a little better than that of last year when the festival brought together 38,000 festival-goers. Normally, the festival welcomes 60,000 people. "
My barometer is the rooms
", professes the director of the festival who sees in his event a "
cultural renaissance
" postpandemic.
To assist the president of the jury Charlotte Gainsbourg and decide between the thirteen films of the competition previously announced, Bruno Barde invited the novelist Delphine de Vigan, the directors Bertrand Bonello, Mikhaël Hers, the favorite actress of Julia Ducournau Garance Marillier, his colleague Fatou N 'Diaye seen in the last
OSS,
Denis Podalydès, screenwriter Marcia Romano and DJ SebastiAn. The Deauville International Center (CID) will host the screenings of the 70 films and the theaters will receive the public in "
full capacity without any limitation
" but with control of the health pass.