His name had circulated.
Vincent Lindon success to Spike Lee at the presidency of the jury of this 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Since Isabelle Huppert in 2009, a Frenchman had no longer occupied the head of the jury.
He will be surrounded by a joint jury composed of eight members, actresses Rebecca Hall (United Kingdom, United States), Deepika Padukone (India), Noomi Rapace (Sweden) and Jasmine Trinca (Italy) and directors Asghar Farhadi (Iran) , Ladj Ly (France), Jeff Nichols (United States) and Joachim Trier (Norway).
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Since 1987, Vincent Lindon has presented nine feature films on the Croisette.
In 2015,
La Loi du marché
smiled on the French actor who finally triumphed at the Cannes Film Festival after having been largely forgotten by trophies of all kinds.
He played a long-term unemployed man who managed to get a job as a security guard in a supermarket.
The only professional actor in the film, which he carries prodigiously on his shoulders, with his customary generosity, Vincent Lindon dedicated his award to his partners.
"It's the third best day of my life
," he said after kissing the members of the jury.
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Born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine), the son of a wealthy industrialist, the actor started out as a costume designer for
Alain Resnais'
My Uncle from America (1980).
He made a stint in journalism - he wrote for a time in the daily
Le Matin
- before embarking on the path of comedy.
Francis Huster put his foot in the stirrup by suggesting his name to Paul Boujenah, for whom he would play an inspector in
Le Faucon
in 1983.
A few years later, as a musician, he fell in love with Sophie Marceau in
Claude Pinoteau's
L'Étudiante .
His performance earned him the Jean Gabin prize.
For a long time, Vincent Lindon waited for "the role of his life".
This modest man with an exacerbated sensitivity has had several and under the direction of various directors.
We still remember
La Crise,
by Coline Serreau,
Ma petite entreprise
, by Pierre Jolivet,
Those Who Remain,
by Anne Le Ny,
Welcome
, by Philippe Lioret,
A Few Hours of Spring
, already by Stéphane Brizé, in 2012.
Bold but paying movie choices.
Last year, the 62-year-old actor tackled the genre with
Titane
, Julia Ducournau's harrowing thriller, which left the Croisette with the Palme d'Or.
Vincent Lindon will be accompanied by eight international members of the jury:
-Rebecca Hall, actress, producer, screenwriter, director (UK, US)
-Deepika Padukone, actress (India)
-Noomi Rapace, actress (Sweden)
-Jasmine Trinca, actress, director (Italy)
-Asghar Farhadi, director, producer, screenwriter (Iran)
-Ladj Ly, director, screenwriter, actor, producer (France)
-Jeff Nichols, director, screenwriter (USA)
-Joachim Trier, director, screenwriter (Norway)
Note that
Marcel!
, Jasmine Trinca's first feature film as a director, will be presented in a special screening.
The jury will award the Palme d'or to one of the 21 films in competition during the closing ceremony on Saturday 28 May.
