Oscar-winning American actor Forest Whitaker will receive the Palme d’or d’honneur at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, to be held from May 17 to 28 at the Croisette, the organization’s group announced Thursday.
The actor, who received an interpretation award at Cannes in 1988 for his interpretation of jazzman Charlie Parker in birds of Clint Eastwood, replacing his compatriot Jodie Foster, who met last year.
By hosting Forest Whitaker in Cannes, I met and admired an artist with immense charisma and a bright presence.praised in a press release the general delegate of the Festival, Thierry Frémaux.
This time, the movie For Peacedirected by Christophe Castagne and Thomas Sametin, and produced by Forest Whitaker, will air on May 18.
34 years ago, going to Cannes for the first time changed my life […] It is a privilege to return for this beautiful festival, to present my work there, but also to be inspired by the greatest artists of this world.actor’s reaction to the same press release.
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Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone and Barry Levinson … This 60-year-old Texas-born actor toured with America’s greatest directors, before winning an Oscar for best actor in 2006 for in his performance as dictator of Uganda. Idi Amin Dada entered The Last King of Scotlandby Kevin Macdonald.
UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation since 2014, Forest Whitaker is also the founder and president of the Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI), an NPO created in 2012 involved in educational projects for young people. living in areas affected by violence or conflict, such as South Sudan, Uganda, Mexico, the United States, and South Africa.
At the end of November, the organization also announced it was investing to help young people in Seine-Saint-Denis. This department of the Paris region is the poorest in France.
Source: Radio-Canada
