Eight-time Oscar-nominated American actress Glenn Close will chair the jury at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, which runs from September 16-24 in the northern Spanish city, officials announced on Friday. organizers.
Aged 75, the unforgettable interpreter of the Marquise de Merteuil in
Dangerous Liaisons
by Stephen Frears or Cruella in
101 Dalmatians
holds the record for Oscar nominations with Peter O'Toole.
She was rewarded during her career, which began in 1982, with three Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes.
The San Sebastian festival, which takes place after Cannes, Berlin and Venice, will pay tribute this year to French actress Juliette Binoche and Canadian director David Cronenberg, who will both receive a lifetime achievement award.
French cinema will be represented by filmmaker Claire Denis directing Vincent Lindon and Juliette Binoche in
Avec amour et acharnement
, director, actor and screenwriter Louis Garrel with
L'innocent
or François Ozon with
Peter von Kant
who offers a very personal rereading of
Bitter Tears by Petra von Kant,
a 1972 production by Fassbinder.
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One of the highlights of the edition will be the strong comeback of Asian cinema, two and a half years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, marked by draconian travel restrictions in many countries on this continent.