The forty eighth version of the Deauville competition opens with a tribute to Olivia Newton-John – Muricas News

The Deauville American Movie Pageant opened Friday night with a tribute to the star of Grease, Olivia Newton-John, who died on August 8, earlier than the screening of the opening movie dedicated to abortion, Name Jane. Lacquered hair and leather-based jacket, the actress and singer appeared on the display of the Middle Worldwide de Deauville in some of the well-known scenes of the cult comedy Greasealongside John Travolta.

“Tribute to Olivia Newton-John”, might we learn on the display throughout the clip, acclaimed by the festival-goers. The actress died final month at her ranch in Southern California. She had been battling breast most cancers for 30 years. A couple of minutes later, the town’s mayor, Philippe Augier, and the American ambassador to France, Denise Campbell Bauer, declared open the 48^e version of the competition.

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The opening ceremony was additionally punctuated by the awarding of the New Hollywood Prize to actress Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), by French actress Élodie Bouchez. Created in 2011, this prize rewards the faces of tomorrow. Previously, it has been awarded to Jessica Chastain, Ryan Gosling or Robert Pattinson.

Marilyn Monroe to Leonard Cohen

13 movies are in competitors for this 48^e version of the competition, together with eight first opuses. Amongst them, a number of nuggets already noticed within the completely different sections of the Cannes Movie Pageant, corresponding to Battle Pony of Gina Gammell and Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, or After solar, by director Charlotte Wells. The winners will likely be revealed subsequent Saturday night.

Within the highlights, it will likely be essential to rely on the movie Blonde, a biopic in regards to the lifetime of Marilyn Monroe. It is going to be offered on September 9, within the presence of its director, Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) and its primary actress, the Cuban and ex-James Bond woman, Ana de Armas. The movie, which will likely be launched on September 28 on Netflix, is within the operating for the Golden Lion on the Venice Movie Pageant, the place it will likely be formally screened on September 8.

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On the facet of documentaries, a bit at all times very in depth in Deauville, a movie holds all the eye: the one devoted to the Canadian musician Leonard Cohen, who died in 2016 on the age of 82. Entitled Hallelujah, the phrases of Leonard Cohenhe's signed Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine and returns, by the cult track Hallelujahon the lifetime of this important artist.

If the dose of glamor of the competition will undoubtedly be supplied by Ana de Armas, the arrival of the actor turned director Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Community), which can current When You End Saving the World, additionally guarantees a spotlight. Identical to the closing screening of the brand new characteristic movie by American actress Olivia Wilde, Don’t Fear Darling with Florence Pugh and pop celebrity Harry Kinds.