Paris (EFE) Event organization.
The film deals with the “life, rise and fall of the favorite of King Louis XV”, interpreted by Maïwenn herself “along with Johnny Depp, Benjamin Lavernhe, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Richard, Pascal Greggory and India Hair”, detailed the Festival. it’s a statement
Maïwenn, director, screenwriter, actress and producer, shot her first feature film, “Pardonnez-moi”, in 2006, and “Jeanne du Barry” is her sixth feature film.
“His cinema is already imbued with a certain reality, freely drawing inspiration from his own life to shape his characters and their plots. The search for identity, self-construction and family in the broadest sense are at the center of his work”, highlighted the Festival.
“In 2011, the director won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her first selection in Competition, for the film Polisse. Four years later, she returned to the Official Section with ‘Mon Roi’ (2015), for which Emmanuelle Bercot won the Best Actress Award, ”adds the message.
Johnny Depp plays King Louis XV in the film that will open the Cannes Film Festival
Johnny Depp, for his part, plays the French monarch Louis XV.
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place between May 16 and 27 and the films in the official competition will be revealed on April 13 at a press conference in Paris.
The Festival has already confirmed that it will have the screening of “Killers of the Flower Moon”, by Martin Scorsese, and the new installment of the Indiana Jones saga.