Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrench icon Catherine Deneuve was visibly moved at the Cannes Film Festival’s press conference for Emmanuelle Bercot’s “Peaceful” (“De son vivant”) in which she stars as a grieving mother helping her terminally-ill son (Benoit Magimel) accept his fate along with a doctor (Dr.
Gabriel Sara) and a nurse (Cecile de France). The movie, produced by Les Films du Kiosque, is so far one of the most applauded films at the festival, although it’s surprisingly not playing in competition but in the Cannes Premieres section.
Fiction and reality became blurred during the filming of “Peaceful,” as Deneuve suffered a stroke on set in a hospital near Paris and spent several months resting, first at a hospital and.
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