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| James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in Ned Benson's Eleanor Rigby |
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| Deauville Film Festival director Bruno Barde |
“Zany, caustic, satirical, off-the-wall and over-the-top, he is all that and more – a pure delight for the audience ... he is a king of comedy,” said Barde.
The other tribute to two-time Oscar nominee Chastain represented “a token of our affection, admiration, recognition and esteem for the talent of the recipient”.
She stars opposite James McAvoy in the romantic comedy The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby by Ned Benson (out in the UK September 26) and has upcoming roles in new productions by Christopher Nolan (Interstellar) and Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak). She starred in Take Shelter, which won Deauville’s grand prix in 2011.
“Through her successive roles, she has confirmed her emotional capacity to grab the limelight like no one since Nicole Kidman,” added Barde.
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| Will Ferrell - 'Zany, caustic, satirical, off-the-wall and over-the-top ...' |
Barde suggests that Cameron “through his work and the emotion it inspires, has awoken consciences, while at the same time transforming movie-making, taking it to a previously unknown dimension”.
The Deauville Film Festival, which includes an edgy Competition section to be presided over by a jury headed by president Costa-Gavras, runs from September 5 to 14.
