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Locarno Reveals Lineup, Names Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet for Career Achievement Awards
Locarno reveals lineup including films from Hong Sangsoo and Wang Bing, awards stars of opening film “Le Déluge” Mélanie Laurent and Guillaume Canet.
We have taken special care in highlighting those works that, while broadening the possibilities of cinema, are also consciously trying to spark a more meaningful conversation with the audience,” stated artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro, adding that the fest “continues to offer itself up as a platform for intersectional dialogue.” Longtime Italian directorial duo, known for “On the Art of War,” “Crater” and “Io sono Sofia,” now collaborates with actor Marianna Fontana, previously seen in “Indivisible” and series “Romulus.” Bokeh Film, Stemal Entertainment and Rai Cinema produce. Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion oversees this latest proposition by Kurdwin Ayub – who already presented “Sonne” in Berlin – about a former female kickboxer, from Vienna, who decides to work as a personal trainer for three daughters of a rich family in the Middle East.
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