EXCLUSIVE: Berenice Bejo (The Artist) agreed that making Cannes opening-night film Final Cut (Coupez!) with filmmaker husband Michel Hazanavicius (The Players) had been a family affair.Pausing for a split second to make a mental calculation, she began, “Our daughter,his daughter, a niece who was the camera woman in the film, and our son, who you barely saw.
Yes, it was a family affair.”To explain: Their daughter Gloria; his daughter Simone from a previous relationship. Raika, his brother’s daughter and Lucian, the son we barely saw.”That’s right,” Bejo nodded. “We wanted the family close.The pandemic was going on and it gave us peace of mind to all be together,” she told Deadline at the opening-night dinner for Final Cut at the Hotel Martinez.It was well after midnight, probably closer to one in the morning, and following each conversation with a mixture of guests, Bejo inched further towards the exit where very nice young people were handing out goodie bags of L’Oreal cosmetics plus a book of photographs and text by Vincent Delerm.The tome featured a page of nine photos of Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Fremaux demonstrating the correct way to put on a tie.
No doubt he and his public relations team spent many hours on photo and caption approval.Lashana Lynch (No Time To Die) was seated at the top table, a guest of the festival, she told Deadline. “I’m simply here to watch films.
What a treat,” the London-based actress said.Rossy de Palma (Parallel Mothers), a favorite of Pedro Almodovar’s (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) was holding court at her table, fellow guests drawn to her like bees to honey.
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