Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFrench actor Laetitia Casta will be feted by Locarno Film Festival with its 2021 Excellence Award Davide Campari, which pays tribute to film personalities who have left their personal stamp on contemporary cinema.The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to global indie cinema, headed by new artistic director Giona A.
Nazzaro, has chosen to honor Casta in recognition of a career in which, after making the transition from the sphere of high fashion to the theater and film milieu, she’s risen to become “one of the most versatile acting talents of the new millennium,” the fest said in a statement.Casta, who began her acting career in 1999 playing the beautiful young villager Falbalà in “Asterix and Obelix.
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