Deauville (AFP)
The Deauville American Film Festival announced Thursday the arrival of Pierce Brosnan and Geena Davis for its 45th edition scheduled from September 6 to 15.
The Irish actor, who played James Bond in four films between 1995 and 2002, will receive "a Talent Award, probably the first weekend" of the festival, said its director Bruno Barde during a press conference.
"He is not a diva at all, he is a charming man (...), someone very committed to ecology, in defense of same-sex marriage." He is for the limitation of detention weapons, "Barde added.
The actor who has "sixty films to his credit, has already come three times to Deauville," said the director of the festival.
Another star expected on the boards, Geena Davis, who gave the reply to Susan Sarandon in "Thelma and Louise" by Ridley Scott. The actress will receive a Talent Award on Tuesday, September 10th.
"Geena Davis is a mythical career, we welcome her for her career, but also because she created an institute that analyzes the representation of the male and the female gender in the media. warrior is an honest analysis of a situation we are all undergoing and produced a documentary that we will show + This changes everything +, on the under-representation of women in the American entertainment industry ", said Mr. Barde.
The winning actress of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Traveler in spite of himself" in 1988, will receive, on October 27, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Oscar irregularly awarded by the Academy to reward an individual "whose humanitarian action has honored the film industry ".
Kristen Stewart, César for best supporting actress for "Sils Maria" Olivier Assayas, is also announced on the boards. She will present a film where she plays Jean Seberg. The American actress will be at the Venice Film Festival, which opens on August 28.
Also announced are Sienna Miller ("Live by night" by Ben Affleck, "The lost city of Z" by James Gray, "American Sniper" by Clint Eastwood) and Sophie Turner who plays Sansa Stark, one of the heroines of the series "Game Of Thrones".
The festival attracts each year about 60,000 spectators according to the organizers.
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