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‘In the Summers’ Takes Top Prize as Deauville Festival Charts New Course Post #MeToo
'In the Summers' takes top prize as Deauville American Film Festival finds new footing for #MeToo era.
At once intimate and expansive, the film traces a Latin-American family portrait, using four vignettes to span two decades while following the evolving and often challenged relationship two siblings share with their father, played by Puerto Rican rap great Residente. The festival closing ceremony capped a record-setting edition that saw attendance numbers reach new highs while welcoming invitees and honorees like Francis Ford Coppola, Sean Baker, Michael Douglas, Michelle Williams, James Gray, Daisy Ridley, and Sebastian Stan. Two weeks before the festival was due to kick off – and four days before her tenure as Deauville director officially began – Hesbert opted to formally disinvite the controversial juror, leading to media pushback and still ongoing litigation.
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