"Guillaume Canet will be the president of the Deauville 2023 jury. Actor in more than 50 films, director, author of eight feature films, producer, screenwriter... A president of the jury as unifying as open-minded for this 49th edition!", wrote the organizers of the festival on Twitter.
Guillaume Canet, 50, succeeds Arnaud Desplechin who was president of the jury last September.
"I have always been fascinated and passionate about American independent cinema. And especially that of the 70s. Sam Peckinpah, Jerry Schatzberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese...", said Guillaume Canet, quoted in a press release published on the website of the Norman festival.
"The Deauville Festival has become the unmissable event for American cinema in Europe and it is with immense joy and pride that I have agreed to chair the jury of this 2023 edition," he added.
The grand prize of the 48th Deauville festival was awarded to "Aftersun" by director Charlotte Wells.
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