Juliette Binoche, President of the Cannes Film Festival Jury: "Parity is not an end in itself for film selection"
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INTERVIEW - Meet the most international of French actresses, who takes over from American Greta Gerwig. The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival opens this Tuesday, May 13.
Having gained notoriety in André Téchiné's Rendez-vous in 1985 and won the Best Actress Award for Abbas Kiarostami's Certified Copy in 2010, Juliette Binoche has a long and distinguished history with the Cannes Film Festival. The most international of French actresses, winner of an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Anthony Minghella's The English Patient , takes over from Greta Gerwig as jury president. An interview with a cinema enthusiast.
LE FIGARO. - At a press conference, Thierry Frémaux emphasized that this is only the second time that two women have held the jury presidency. He added that you wouldn't be pleased if he pointed this out...
Juliette BINOCHE. - Thierry saw it as a joyful announcement... I told him instead that we were going to fall on him. When was the last time that happened? In the 1960s... (Olivia de Havilland in 1965 and Sophia Loren in 1966, Editor's note.) I don't think we can be very proud of it.
He added that this will not replace…
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