Camille Cottin will be the mistress of ceremonies at the Cannes Film Festival

La Connasse, the French favorite, is setting off to conquer the Croisette for the 77th edition of the festival.

The awards season has barely ended when international cinema is already preparing for one of the major events of the year: the Cannes Film Festival. And the announcements are pouring in. After Greta Gerwig And Xavier Dolanwe learn in The Parisian that Camille Cottin will have a central role during this 77th edition.

Succeeding Chiara Mastroianni and to Virginie Efira, the 45-year-old French actress will present the opening and closing ceremonies of the gathering. A major role, since she will have to welcome the jury of the official selection chaired by the director of Lady Bird And barbie, but also oversee the reveal of the prize list at the end of the fortnight. The information was made official via a press release from France Télévisions and Brut, and via an Instagram story published by the festival.

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She was discovered in the hidden cameras of Asshole for Canal+ and whose film adaptation earned her the César for Most Promising Actress in 2016. She made us laugh in Ten percent as a ruthless star agent. She looked us straight in the eye Flythe French remake of Fleabag. But Camille Cottin also has roles in The Gazelles (Mona Achache), Cigarettes and Hot Chocolate (Sophie Reine), Room 212 (Christophe Honore), Two Me (Cedric Klapisch), and more recently in Toni with family (Nathan Ambrosini). But not only.

For several years now, following the path shown by Juliette Binoche or Marion Cotillardshe became the new Frenchie darling of Hollywood by appearing in front of the camera of several American directors: that of Thomas McCarthy For Stillwaterof Ridley Scott For House of Gucciof Kenneth Branagh For Mystery in Venice. Without forgetting his advertising debut, from behind, in a spot produced by Wes Anderson with Brad Pitt.

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This year, we were able to find it in French in The Empire of Bruno Dumontand we will discover it in duet with Benjamin Biolay In A few days no morethe first feature film of Julie Navarro at the cinema on April 3.

In May, she will return to our television screens by walking the stage of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. The two ceremonies will be broadcast live on May 14 and 25 on France 2, successor to Canal + for the second consecutive year.

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