It will make the opening ceremony shine.
French actress Marion Cotillard will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award on September 17 at the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.
"One of the most international contemporary French actresses
", she will thus be awarded a Donostia prize, the festival organizers announced on Tuesday in a press release.
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The festival organizers justified their choice by the fact that Marion Cotillard
"shone intensely in European and American productions, playing dramatic, comic and action roles with equal talent"
. The 45-year-old actress became a world-famous star with her portrayal of Edith Piaf in the film
La Môme
(2007), which won her a shower of trophies - Oscar, Golden Globe, Bafta and César - and Hollywood interest. Since then, Marion Cotillard has appeared in numerous blockbusters,
from Michael Mann's
Public Enemi
es, in 2009, to
Just the End of the World.
, by Xavier Dolan.
The actress has also collaborated with Christopher Nolan, Woody Allen, Steven Soderbergh or Robert Zemeckis.
His latest film,
Annette
, directed by Leos Carax, opened the Cannes Film Festival in July.
Johnny Depp co-recipient
This year, the Donostia Prize will also be presented to an actor, Hollywood star Johnny Depp. The interpreter of the mischievous Captain Jack Sparrow in
Pirate of the Caribbean
and longtime collaborator of the fantastic filmmaker Tim Burton will also be recognized for his lifetime. This choice had nevertheless sparked some controversy, Johnny Depp having been at the center of a recent lawsuit against the British tabloid
The Sun
, which had accused him of having been a violent husband towards his ex-wife Amber Heard. The actor lost the lawsuit, which caused him to tarnish his reputation and see him ostracized from several ongoing productions,such as the next
Pirate of the Caribbean
and the
Fantastic Beasts
sequel
.
The Donostia Prize, from the Basque name of the seaside town of San Sebastián in northern Spain, was awarded for the first time in 1986. In the past, it has been awarded to Meryl Streep, Richard Gere and Robert De Niro.
Originally created to reward films in the Spanish language, the San Sebastian International Film Festival has for several years become a new unmissable event in the world of cinema.
Its 69th edition will take place from September 17 to 25.
