Video: Gerard Depardieu will present the film in Cannes via the Internet
2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00
Russian citizen Gérard Depardieu plans to surprise Cannes. The famous actor is taking two new works to the 67th Cannes Film Festival at once. And the audience is looking forward to one of them with special impatience.
Tomorrow, May 17, Depardieu will present the film "Welcome to New York" by American director Abel Ferrara in an unusual way. The film is based on the scandalous story of the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
We will remind, Strauss-Kahn left the post of head of the IMF against the backdrop of a loud sex scandal that erupted in the spring of 2011. The politician was detained by the New York police on May 14, 2011 on charges of raping the maid of the Sofitel Hotel. A month later, Strauss-Kahn submitted his resignation letter. Moreover, before the scandal, the politician was one of the most likely candidates for the presidency of France in the 2012 elections.
Depardieu played the main role in the film. And according to some reports, some high-ranking officials did not like the picture very much. In particular, attempts were made to prevent the screening of the film "Welcome to New York" in Cannes. In the end, the producers of the tape decided to show it only on the Internet.
The picture has already been defended by the president of the Cannes Film Festival, Gilles Jacob. “I know Depardieu well, who chaired the jury at the Festival de Cannes,” Jacob said. - He will come to Cannes to screen his film, although this is a special picture that will not appear in theaters. It's a pity.
Depardieu will also present a film about football "Dream League", in which he played the famous FIFA President Jules Rimet. Although the film failed to make its way into the official program of the festival, it will be presented as part of special screenings on the Croisette on a giant screen at the walls of the Palais des Festivals.
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