The jitters and the pressure never leave them.
At least not her.
Rewarded Friday evening, from the hands of her Spanish colleague Penélope Cruz, the Donostia prize for her entire cinematographic career, Marion Cotillard could not help but wipe a tear in the corner of her eye.
Visibly moved, during the opening ceremony of the Spanish festival of San Sebastian, the French actress had slipped, earlier in the day, a few words about the lack of self-confidence and the doubt that seem to constantly turn and renew around her, with each new shoot.
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"It's something that has always been a part of my life, with every movie I start I never know if I'm going to live up to it,"
the actress said at the press conference leading up to the ceremony. opening of the festival.
Rewarded in 2008 with the Oscar for the best actress for her interpretation of Edith Piaf in
La Môme
,
Marion Cotillard assured to constantly feel "
this pressure
", in spite of the glitter and the gilding of the great ceremonies and a career which has it. brought to work with renowned directors such as Woody Allen, Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh or Jacques Audiard.
"France is a country of cinema"
Asked about her cinematographic models, Marion Cotillard wanted, before the opening of the festival, to pay tribute to her idol Greta Garbo.
“When I was little I was a big admirer of Greta Garbo because she was my mother's favorite actress
,” said the actress.
I am very touched by the people who have this balance between feminine and masculine,
”she also explained, before praising the French film industry. "
France is a country of cinema, that's where it was created, it's in the cultural DNA of the country ... There is something in the culture that is necessary and which celebrates life, which questions her. And it is also in the French spirit to question oneself
”,also referred to the 45-year-old actress.
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In addition to receiving the Donostia Prize, Marion Cotillard is also present at the San Sebastian Film Festival as co-producer of the documentary film
Bigger than Us
.
Directed by Flore Vasseur, the production focuses on the new generation of activists, young people from all over the planet, who are mobilizing to fight, at their level, against climate change, freedom of expression or even human rights.
Awarded for the first time in 1986, the Donostia Prize has previously been awarded to Meryl Streep, Richard Gere and Robert De Niro. It will also be presented this year to an actor, Hollywood star Johnny Depp. This choice has sparked some controversy, the American interpreter of the facetious Jack Sparrow in
Pirate of the Caribbean
having been at the center of a recent lawsuit against the British tabloid
The Sun
who accused him of having been a violent husband towards his ex - wife Amber Heard. The San Sebastian International Film Festival is scheduled to run until September 25.