Home LeisureJohnny Depp Returns to Screen After Three Years With French Historical Drama Jeanne du Barry at Cannes Film Festival
French filmmaker-actress Maiwenn’s historic drama “Jeanne du Barry”, starring Johnny Depp is slated for a world premiere on the opening evening time of the Cannes Film Festival’s 76th model.
Johnny Depp Returns to Screen After Three Years With French Historical Drama Jeanne du Barry at Cannes Film Festival
Johnny Depp Returns to Screen After Three Years: French filmmaker-actress Maiwenn’s historic drama “Jeanne du Barry”, starring Johnny Depp as a result of the French king Louis XV, is slated for a world premiere on the opening evening time of the Cannes Film Festival’s 76th model, ‘Variety’ has confirmed. The movie marks Depp’s performing comeback after a three-year hiatus following his prolonged licensed battle with ex-wife Amber Heard that culminated in a defamation trial acquired by Depp in December. Maiwenn’s sixth attribute, the interval movie revolves throughout the tumultuous relationship of the French king and his lover, Jeanne du Barry (carried out by Maiwenn), whom he launched into the Versailles Palace to remain near him regardless that she wasn’t a noble.
Louis XV, who was nicknamed “the beloved”, lastly died as an unpopular king after being accused of corruption. He reigned for 59 years, the longest inside the historic previous of France after that of Louis XIV. Depp, in step with ‘Variety’, barely spoke French sooner than the start of filming, so it’ll be fascinating to see how he pulls it off with out an accent. Maiwenn was beforehand at Cannes in 2011 with “Polisse”, which acquired the Jury Prize, and in 2015 with “My King”, which earned Emmanuelle Bercot a best actress award. “Jeanne du Barry” could be anticipated to play in opponents.
The Cannes Film Festival will unveil its Official Selection on April 13, notes ‘Variety’. It has within the meantime confirmed a pair of anticipated U.S. movies, Martin Scorsese’s Leo DiCaprio-starrer “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Disney’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, which marks the return of Harrison Ford to the well-known franchise.
Ruben Ostlund, the two-time Palme d’Or director of “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness”, will preside over the jury.
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Published Date: April 6, 2023 3:53 PM IST
