Deauville Festival: Arnaud Desplechin will chair 48th edition jury

Arnaud Desplechin, who notably produced “a Christmas tale”, “Three memories of my youth” or “Roubaix, a light”, succeeds Charlotte Gainsbourg, who had been president of the jury in September.

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The French director Arnaud Desplechin, 61, will be the president of the jury for the 48 e edition of the Deauville American Cinema Festival from September 2 to 11, announced, Sunday, May, the organizers. “We were impatiently waiting for it to be available to take this singular look at American cinema,” said the festival on Twitter.

Arnaud Desplechin, who notably made a Christmas tale, three memories of my youth or Roubaix, a light, succeeds Charlotte Gainsbourg, who had been president of the jury in September.

He is currently in competition at the Cannes Film Festival with brother and sister, a family drama in which Louis and Alice, interpreted by Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud, are devoted to bounded hatred and are brought together by the death of their parents.