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‘I’m still standing’: Kevin Spacey makes his comeback at chaotic Cannes gala

The actor received a lifetime achievement award from the Better World Fund at an event with little fanfare and few recognisable guests

Spacey is guest of honour at the Better World Fund’s gala dinner, where he is receiving a lifetime achievement award for “excellence in film and television”. He is starring in a low-budget independent thriller, The Awakening, that is being sold to foreign buyers inside the festival’s Marché du Film. The Awakening’s writer, producer and star, Matt Hookings, this week told reporters the actor’s attendance at the gala dinner was part of a “guerrilla marketing” campaign to promote the film.

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