Johnny Depp will open this yr’s Cannes Movie Pageant in his French-language portrayal of King Louis XV, the actor’s first look in film theatres since his extensively adopted defamation trial along with his ex-wife final yr.
Jeanne du Barry, a movie in regards to the king’s well-known mistress, will kick off the pageant, which opens Tuesday and can run for 2 weeks within the South of France. The movie, which acquired some backing from streaming large Netflix, is directed by Maiwenn Le Besco, who additionally performs Madame du Barry, the well-known mistress of the 18th-century French king.
Cannes is among the many world’s most glamorous movie festivals, attracting film stars, billionaires, business executives, paparazzi, and followers to the French Riviera to attend premieres and haggle for worldwide film rights on the concurrent movie market.
Twenty-one movies will compete this yr to win the Palme d’Or, the pageant’s highest award, with entries stretching from Brazil to Senegal, and that includes administrators together with Wes Anderson, Wim Wenders and Ken Loach. Screenings of movies not in line for the highest prize embody Jeanne du Barry in addition to Walt Disney’s upcoming Indiana Jones and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, produced by Apple.
Jeanne du Barry, to be launched in French cinemas on Tuesday, was produced by Paris-based Why Not Productions on a funds of EUR 20.6 million ($22.4 million, or roughly Rs. 185 crore) in accordance with the cinefinance.information database. The financing plan exhibits that Netflix paid EUR 3 million (about Rs. 25 crore) to stream the movie. It is because of be streamed on Netflix in France beginning subsequent yr.
It is Depp’s first cinema function for the reason that live-streamed and extensively adopted defamation trial final yr pitted him in opposition to his ex-wife Amber Heard, following accusations of home violence. The jury awarded Depp $10 million (about Rs. 82 crore) in compensatory damages, and either side dismissed their appeals in December to settle the dispute.
Early opinions of the movie, which was partly shot within the Versailles Palace, have been combined, describing it as a lavish interval piece. A critic from Le Figaro described Depp as “struggling to cover his American accent” within the movie. “He generally appears to surprise if he hasn’t woken up in the midst of a dressing up celebration in a New York membership,” the reviewer wrote.
Depp was seemingly paid EUR 320,000 (about Rs. 2.8 crore) for appearing within the movie, in accordance with the movie database, a fraction of what he made for starring within the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The actor hasn’t signed for a brand new Hollywood undertaking for the reason that trial, however he just lately renewed a deal to be the picture of the Dior fragrance for a file $20 million (about Rs. 165 crore), in accordance with Selection.
Le Besco stated she requested Depp to play the half earlier than the trial and did not hesitate to maintain him for the function afterwards. She has beforehand directed critically acclaimed movies reminiscent of Polisse and Mon Roi, which each received awards at Cannes.
Throughout a press convention on Monday, the top of the pageant, Thierry Frémaux, stated he was solely excited by Depp as an actor, whom he discovered “extraordinary” within the half. Depp’s subsequent cinema undertaking will see him direct and co-produce Modi, a biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani starring Al Pacino to be shot this fall in Budapest, in accordance with Deadline.
A spokesperson for Depp declined to remark additional on the function.
This yr, the movie pageant could possibly be disrupted by protests over a pension reform handed by Emmanuel Macron’s authorities, with one of many main unions within the nation threatening to chop the electrical energy to interrupt the pageant.
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