Grace of Monaco to Open the Cannes Film Festival
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Posted January 24, 2014 07:33 PM by Webmaster
The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced earlier today that director Olivier Dahan's new film Grace of Monaco will open the Cannes Film Fesitval. The film will be screened on Wednesday 14 May, 2014, in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, in the Official Selection category, Out of Competition.
Official Cannes synopsis: The film portrays a period in the life of American Actress Grace Kelly (played by Nicole Kidman) who became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) in 1956, in what was dubbed "the marriage of the century". An Oscar winner, she was already a huge film star, having worked with the very greatest (John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Zinnemann) and acclaimed the world over. Six years later, amid occasional difficulties in fulfilling her role, she was invited back to Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, to play in his new film Marnie. At the time, France was threatening to tax and even annex Monaco, the tiny Principality whose monarch Kelly had become. Was she still an actress? Was she really Princess of Monaco?
Produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Uday Chopra and Arash Amel, who also wrote the screenplay, Grace de Monaco sees Nicole Kidman play the role of Grace, with Tim Roth as Prince Rainier. Their co-stars include Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Jeanne Balibar, Sir Derek Jacobi and Paz Vega, who plays Maria Callas. The film was shot in Scope 2.35 using Kodak 35mm film. The Director of Photography was France's Eric Gautier and the 16-weeks shoot took place in Monaco, South of France, Paris, Vintimille, Gand and Bruxelles.
Note: In the United States, The Weinstein Company is in charge with the film's theatrical distribution.
Olivier Dahan also directed La mome a.k.a La vie en rose, which chronicles the life of legendary French singer Édith Piaf. Marion Cotillard, who played the iconic singer in the film, won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. See our listing and review of the French Blu-ray release of La Mome here.
Official Cannes synopsis: The film portrays a period in the life of American Actress Grace Kelly (played by Nicole Kidman) who became Princess Grace of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) in 1956, in what was dubbed "the marriage of the century". An Oscar winner, she was already a huge film star, having worked with the very greatest (John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Fred Zinnemann) and acclaimed the world over. Six years later, amid occasional difficulties in fulfilling her role, she was invited back to Hollywood by Alfred Hitchcock, to play in his new film Marnie. At the time, France was threatening to tax and even annex Monaco, the tiny Principality whose monarch Kelly had become. Was she still an actress? Was she really Princess of Monaco?
Produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Uday Chopra and Arash Amel, who also wrote the screenplay, Grace de Monaco sees Nicole Kidman play the role of Grace, with Tim Roth as Prince Rainier. Their co-stars include Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Jeanne Balibar, Sir Derek Jacobi and Paz Vega, who plays Maria Callas. The film was shot in Scope 2.35 using Kodak 35mm film. The Director of Photography was France's Eric Gautier and the 16-weeks shoot took place in Monaco, South of France, Paris, Vintimille, Gand and Bruxelles.
Note: In the United States, The Weinstein Company is in charge with the film's theatrical distribution.
Olivier Dahan also directed La mome a.k.a La vie en rose, which chronicles the life of legendary French singer Édith Piaf. Marion Cotillard, who played the iconic singer in the film, won an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. See our listing and review of the French Blu-ray release of La Mome here.