Natalie Portman and Claude Lelouch participated on Saturday, September 14, in the awards ceremony of the 50th Deauville American Film Festival, where the jury chaired by Benoît Magimel crowned directors Nnamdi Asomugha and Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio. A week after Michael Douglas received an honorary award in the Normandy seaside town, Natalie Portman received a Deauville Talent Award from Isabelle Adjani during the final evening of the festival, which will officially end on Sunday.
“I am an American living in France and celebrating the meeting of American and French cinema is really amazing”Portman said on the red carpet, just hours after unveiling a booth with her name on the famous posters. The 43-year-old Israeli-American actress known for her roles in Lion, black swan or the trilogy star warsnoted “French recognition of American cinema and American recognition of French cinema, I am very lucky to live in these two worlds”.
The jury prize, chaired by French actor Benoît Magimel, went to The knife by Nnamdi Asomugha. The Grand Prize went to in the summers By Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio.
Director Claude Lelouch, present on Saturday evening to present his latest feature film with a team that included actress Elsa Zylberstein, told Agence France-Presse that “Stage fright, like a beginner, but I am delighted to close this festival with a film called “Finally””. “I am delighted to have been able to make 51 films”added the French filmmaker, whose Oscar winner a man and a woman and its final scene shot on this very beach in Deauville. On Friday afternoon, Francis F. Coppola also presented his latest film, Megalopolis.
The festival’s new director, Aude Hesbert, replaced Bruno Barde in June, who was dismissed from his post after twenty-five years at the head of the festival following an investigation by Half part on accusations of harassment and sexual assault. At the end of August, it was trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, accused several years ago of sexually assaulting a minor, who had to leave the jury. He was acquitted in 2020 in this case but “discomfort in the team”According to management, he had excluded it.
