{"id":16542,"date":"2023-10-04T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/maiwenn-opens-les-films-de-cannes-at-timisoara-october-19-and-bucharest-october-20\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T08:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T08:14:04","slug":"maiwenn-opens-les-films-de-cannes-at-timisoara-october-19-and-bucharest-october-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/maiwenn-opens-les-films-de-cannes-at-timisoara-october-19-and-bucharest-october-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Ma\u00efwenn opens Les Films de Cannes at Timi\u0219oara (October 19) and Bucharest (October 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ma\u00efwenn opens Les Films de Cannes at
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Ma\u00efwenn, the actress and director who opened the Cannes Film Festival, is also set to make appearances at the two editions of Les Films de Cannes this year in Timi\u0219oara and Bucharest. Her film, <\/span>Jeanne du Barry<\/span><\/i>, is inspired by the true story of a courtesan, portrayed by Ma\u00efwenn herself, who was the last favorite of King Louis XV (Johnny Depp). The director will present the film on October 19th at Cinema Timi\u0219 in Timi\u0219oara and on October 20th at Elvire Popesco in Bucharest. The directors Catherine Corsini (<\/span>Le Retour<\/span><\/i>) and Lubna Playoust (<\/span>Chambre 999<\/span><\/i>) have announced their participation at the festival in both cities. They will engage with the audience during the Q&A sessions following the respective screenings.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Timi\u0219oara, the festival films will be screened at the Victoria and Timi\u0219 cinemas. The Timi\u0219 Cinema, featuring a main hall with over 500 seats, is reopening this weekend. Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Timi\u0219oara will be the first festival hosted in this traditional venue located in the center of Timi\u0219oara. The Victoria Cinema was reopened last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeanne Vaubernier, the daughter of a seamstress determined to climb the social ladder, uses her charm to escape poverty. When King Louis XV falls in love with her, Jeanne becomes the official favorite. However, no one at the court wishes for a girl from the streets to have influence at Versailles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ma\u00efwenn began her acting career at a very young age, and audiences worldwide recognize her for her role as Diva Plavalaguna in Luc Besson’s cult film, <\/span>The Fifth Element<\/span><\/i> (1997). As a director and screenwriter, Ma\u00efwenn draws significant inspiration from her personal life. She directed <\/span>Pardonnez-moi\/Forgive Me<\/span><\/i> (2006),<\/span> Le bal des actrices\/All About Actresses<\/span><\/i> (2009), featuring Charlotte Rampling, Julie Depardieu, Karin Viard, and many other well-known figures in French cinema, <\/span>Mon roi\/My King<\/span><\/i> (2015), which competed at Cannes, and <\/span>ADN\/DNA<\/span><\/i> (2020), where Fanny Ardant plays the mother of Ma\u00efwenn’s character. The 2011 film <\/span>Polisse<\/span><\/i> earned her the Jury Prize at Cannes and immense success at the box office. <\/span>Jeanne du Barry<\/span><\/i> opened the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, marking Johnny Depp’s return to the Croisette. Ma\u00efwenn will present her film on October 19th in Timi\u0219oara and on October 20th in Bucharest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jeanne du Barry \u00a9 Stephanie Branchu – Why Not Productions_LFDC 2023<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Jeane du Barry \u00a9 Stephanie Branchu – Why Not Productions_LFDC 2023<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Maiwenn \u00a9 Ste\u0301phanie Branchu_LFDC 2023 (1)<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Le Retour<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Le Retour<\/span><\/i> follows Kh\u00e9didja, who works for a wealthy Parisian family that sends her to Corsica to care for their children during the summer. She brings along her teenage daughters, Jessica and Farah, to Corsica, the island they left 15 years ago under tragic circumstances. The film is a coming-of-age story, an emotionally charged family narrative with humor, exploring and questioning the ways in which lies can shape a family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Corsini has been a familiar name at film festivals since 1999. Among her most renowned works are <\/span>Leaving\/Partir<\/span><\/i> (2009), featuring Kristin Scott Thomas, a remarkable success in cinemas both in France and worldwide, <\/span>Three Worlds\/Trois Mondes<\/span><\/i> (2012), <\/span>Summertime\/La Belle Saison<\/span><\/i> (2016), a love story between two women in 1970s France, and <\/span>An Impossible Love\/Un Amour Impossible<\/span><\/i>, adapted from Christine Angot’s eponymous novel. <\/span>The Divide\/La Fracture<\/span><\/i> (2021) is a politically charged comedy revolving around the violent protests in France, experienced at a hospital by a woman abandoned by her lover. Catherine Corsini returned to compete at Cannes in 2023 with <\/span>Le Retour<\/span><\/i>. The director will be present for a Q&A session following the film screenings in Timi\u0219oara and Bucharest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Catherine Corsini<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Le Retour<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Room 999\/ Chambre 999<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Room 999\/Chambre 999<\/span><\/i> is a remake of Wim Wenders’ cult film, <\/span>Room 666\/Chambre 666<\/span><\/i> (1982), which interviewed, one by one, in the same hotel room, 16 prominent directors of that era about the future of cinema under the threat of television. Forty years later, director Lubna Playoust revisits Wenders’ question in the context of streaming platforms, addressing it to 30 of the most interesting directors of our time, including Wim Wenders, Claire Denis, David Cronenberg, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher, Olivier Assayas, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Italy and raised in Paris, Lubna Playoust is a French director and actress<\/span>. Room 999\/Chambre 999<\/span><\/i> is her debut feature film. The director will be present for a Q&A session following the film screenings in Timi\u0219oara and Bucharest.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Chambre 999<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Lubna Playoust<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The festival schedule, film information, and guest details will be available on <\/span>www.filmedefestival.ro<\/span><\/a> and on the social media accounts <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeanne du Barry<\/span><\/i> is distributed in Romania by Independen\u021ba Film and will be released in cinemas on November 10th.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest Festival is presented by Orange Romania, a traditional partner of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Inspired by: UniCredit Bank<\/span><\/p>\n

With the support of: Pepsi, Catena, Groupama<\/span><\/p>\n

A cultural project financed by: The Romanian Film Centre, SACD \/ Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, the French Embassy in Romania and the French Institute in Romania, and the Italian Cultural Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n

Partners: Mercure Hotel, Avanpost, Abator, Cinema Muzeul \u021a\u0103ranului, Arhiva Na\u021bional\u0103 de Filme \u2013 Cinemateca Rom\u00e2n\u0103, Europa Cinemas, Aparterre, Air France, C\u0103rture\u0219ti, Ototo<\/span><\/p>\n

Les Films de Cannes \u00e0 Bucarest is a project co-financed by the Bucharest City Hall through ARCUB within the Bucharest \u2013 Affective City 2023 programme. For more detailed information about the financing program of the Bucharest mayorship through ARCUB, please visit <\/span>www.arcub.ro<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Media Partners: PRO TV, RockFM, Agerpres, Libertatea, Elle Rom\u00e2nia, Scena9, Revista Biz, Haute Culture Magazine, Zile \u0219i Nop\u021bi, IQads, Igloo, Cultura la Dub\u0103, Films in Frame<\/span><\/p>\n

Cultural partner: RFI Rom\u00e2nia<\/span><\/p>\n

**The content of this material does not necessarily represent the official position of the Bucharest City Hall or that of ARCUB.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,1027],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicate-presa","category-lfdc13"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16545,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16542\/revisions\/16545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmedefestival.ro\/les-films-de-cannes\/editia-2023\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}