The most eclectic Roubaisien of the seventh art will personally welcome the stars of the New World.
Invited to the Cannes Film Festival, where he presented his latest feature film,
Brother and Sister
, on Saturday, director Arnaud Desplechin has been named president of the 48th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, the organizers of the Norman event announced on Sunday.
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“We were impatiently waiting for him to be available to take this singularly French look at American cinema
,” said the organizers of the Deauville festival, whose next edition will be held from September 2 to 11, 2022, in a press release. of
A Christmas Tale
,
The Ghosts of Ismaël
,
Roubaix, a light
or
Deception will
succeed at the head of the jury to Charlotte Gainsbourg, president of the 2021 edition of the festival.
The list of films scheduled has not yet been revealed by the festival management.
Last September, the 47th edition of the Deauville festival was notably marked by the preview of
Dune
by Denis Villeneuve and
The Card Counter
by Paul Schrader.
Among the films in competition, the jury had singled out its grand prize
Down with the King
, a melancholy comedy by Diego Ongaro.
Two feature films devoted to the porn industry,
Pleasure
and
Red Rocket
, shared the jury prize.
Already embroiled in a long legal dispute with his ex-wife, Amber Heard, American actor Johnny Depp was one of the guests of honor at this latest edition of the event, on the occasion of the release of
City of
.
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