United States actor-director Jodie Foster will be guest of honor at the Cannes Film Festival in July where she will be given an honorary Palme d’Or, the organizers said Wednesday.
“Cannes is a festival to which I owe so much, it has completely changed my life,” said Foster in the statement.
The two-time Oscar winner first walked the red carpet on the Cote d’Azur aged just 13 when she appeared in the Palme-winning “Taxi Driver” in 1976.
Seven of her films have played at the festival, including two that she directed: “The Beaver” in 2011 and “Money Monster” in 2016.
“Although I had directed before, my first time on the Croisette was a defining moment for me,” she …
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