Co-stars Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet will receive the Excellence Award Davide Campari at Locarno, dedicated to actors with extraordinary careers.
“I would be sad if Mélanie was getting it all by herself, and I would feel awkward if I was the only one. It’s wonderful that we are getting it together,” Canet tells Variety ahead of this year’s Locarno Film Festival.
In their fest opener, “The Flood,” directed by Gianluca Jodice, the duo plays Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, living out their last days in isolation and poverty. This time, the famous queen isn’t urging anyone to “eat cake.” She is just trying to survive.
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