French actress Léa Seydoux, eagerly awaited at the Cannes Film Festival this year, could cancel her visit.
She tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated and "is awaiting instructions from her doctor."
Léa Seydoux has tested positive for Covid-19, and "is awaiting instructions from her doctor" to know if she will be able to go to Cannes, where she must present four films, we learned on Saturday from a press officer , confirming information from Variety. The French star, one of the most anticipated this year on the Croisette, is vaccinated and "asymptomatic" but tested positive several days ago, said this source.
By the end of the Festival on July 17, Léa Seydoux must climb the stairs four times, including three times for films in competition, next week: from Monday for "The French Dispatch" by Wes Anderson, then for "L story of my wife "by Ildiko Enyedi," France "by Bruno Dumont, of whom she plays the main character, and" Tromperie "by Arnaud Desplechin (parallel selection).
"There is no Cannes cluster"
The Festival is being held this year under strict sanitary conditions: wearing a mask is compulsory throughout the Palais des Festivals, and a sanitary pass, vaccination certificate or negative test of less than 48 hours must be presented to attend. to access.
A vast system of rapid and free tests has also been put in place.
For the time being, extremely few positive cases have been detected, the organizers said on Saturday: "There is no Cannes cluster," said General Delegate Thierry Frémaux. Festival president Pierre Lescure said there had been only one positive test on Friday, and two on average since the festival opened on July 6.