Singer Vanessa Paradis. - Laurent VU / SIPA

Actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has been chosen to chair the 46th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival. She succeeds in this function to another French actress, Catherine Deneuve.

“There were 1,001 reasons to invite her, explains the artistic director of the festival Bruno Barde, in a press release. Her as early as lasting ascent, her varied fields of expression - song, cinema, fashion - her journey as a generous, responsible and committed woman, her multifaceted international career… ”In 2015, Vanessa Paradis was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival under the chairmanship of Georges Miller.

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Vanessa Paradis, President of the Jury.

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"His talent and his notoriety seduce all audiences"

"His talent and his notoriety seduce all audiences including beyond our borders," said Bruno Barde enumerating in the press release some filmmakers who called on the talent of the actress like Jean-Marc Vallée, John Turturro, Jean Becker , Sharunas Bartas or Samuel Benchetrit.

The festival, which usually showcases independent American cinema, will show in solidarity with Cannes and Annecy films that had been selected for these events, canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. "The opportunity for the public to discover on the big screen new works of which they will have been deprived," said the press release.

The festival, which will be held from September 4 to 13, will pay tribute through a retrospective to Kirk Douglas, who died this year at 103 years of age.

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