The Cannes Film Festival is giving a boost to Johnny Depp‘s attempted film industry comeback. Organizers announced today that Maïwenn‘s historical drama “Jeanne du Barry,” which features Depp as King Louis XV, will open the 76th edition of the famed festival on Tuesday, May 16.
The film will also open in theaters across France on the same day. READ MORE: Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” officially confirmed for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Maïwenn, whose acting roles include “High Tension” and her own directorial debut “Pardonnez-moi,” plays the title role, the woman who rose to be the King Louis XV’s last maîtresse-en-titre (chief royal mistress) before the French Revolution ended his reign.
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