Cate Blanchett Accepts San Sebastian Donostia Award From Alfonso Cuarón, Quips at George Clooney Message and Speaks of ‘Uncertain Times’

Loud screaming could be heard two blocks away from the imponent Kursaal building in San Sebastián on Saturday night as Cate Blanchett arrived at the city’s prestigious international film festival to receive the event’s highest honorary prize, the Donostia Award. 

Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón, who recently worked with Blanchett on Apple TV+’s “Disclaimer,” introduced the Australian actress and producer with a loving speech praising her “insatiable thirst for knowledge, just causes and art.” The filmmaker added that the actress refused to move to London for the long shooting period the series required and chose to drive four hours back and forth to continue nurturing her family life and “fulfill

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