For its 31st edition, the "Dinard Film Festival" offers itself a luxury jury. Emmanuelle Béart will be the president. At his side, actresses Sara Forestier and Cristine Citti, director Cédric Kahn, producer Paul Webster and Vincent Dedienne. Since this weekend, Luc Besson no longer runs his company EuropaCorp. The organizer of Eurovision will export his concept to the United States from 2021. Nicole Kidman will give the answer to Hugh Grant in a mini-series called "The Undoing" which will be broadcast next October.
Fresh news from the Dinard festival.
The Dinard festival is an opportunity to discover the best of English cinema. For its 31st edition, the "Dinard Film Festival" offers itself a luxury jury. Emmanuelle Béart will be the president. By his side, the actresses Sara Forestier and Cristine Citti, the director Cédric Kahn, the producer Paul Webster and then the wonderful Vincent Dedienne. The Dinard festival will take place from September 30 to October 4. The lineup should be unveiled soon. All the information is available on their website: dinardfilmfestival.fr.
A perfect title for the summer.
A song by the English group Disclosure called "Douha (Mali Mali)". It will be part of their next album which will be released on August 28. For this title, they had the good idea to ask the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara to accompany them. Fatoumata Diawara, we know her in particular for her work with Matthieu Chedid within the collective "Lamomali" but also for her solo albums which are real jewels. On this track, the meeting between the exceptional voice of Fatoumata Dwiawara and the electro of Disclosure works wonderfully.
Since this weekend, Luc Besson no longer runs his company EuropaCorp.
EuropaCorp is the film production and distribution company created by the director in 1992. A company that had been accumulating debts and financial difficulties for some time, notably following the failure of the film "Valerian". Europacorp (now owned by an American fund) was forced to revise its ambitions downwards. On Saturday, the company announced that a new chief executive would take things in hand in early September. It is Axel Duroux, ex-vice-president of the company Endemol, ex-boss of RTL, ex-ephemeral number 2 of TF1. Luc Besson is relegated to a function of "non-executive" president. He will now focus on the group's activities as artistic director. For the next few months, Europacorp will therefore focus on projects presenting little economic risk and launch into series production aimed at the international market. It is true that the market is buoyant at the moment!
In the United States, great news worth at least "Twelve points".
It was the news of the weekend for all Eurovision fans. The organizer of the European competition will in fact export its concept to the United States from 2021. With some adjustments anyway. In this version, no country put in competition but representatives of the fifty American states who will try to win this "American Song Contest". The first edition of this American version is scheduled for the end of next year.
A star duo is expected this fall on television: Nicole Kidman will give the answer to Hugh Grant.
The two actors will indeed be featured in the mini-series "The Undoing" which will be broadcast next October.
In this series, a woman who seems to be successful discovers that her husband may not be who she thought she was. All six episodes were written by the creator of the excellent "Big Little Lies" series. "The Undoing" promises to be a rather thrilling psychological thriller. A first trailer has just been unveiled on the internet and it makes you want to. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant will arrive on the American channel HBO on October 26th. For France, it will be the next day, October 27 therefore. "The Undoing" will air on OCS.
Happy birthday to Rosanna Arquette.
Rosanna Arquette is celebrating her 61st birthday today.