Barefoot on the Croisette. Jodie Foster she enjoys every moment of her return to Cannes, where it all began with Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver”, it was 1976, she was thirteen. Arrived to receive one Palme d’Or for a career objectively unique, actress for the greatest directors in the world, director herself, producer. Radiant received the award from Pedro Almodóvar, also featuring Bong Jooh Ho and Spike Lee in adoring boys mode. With a speech in perfect French.
“Clap loudly, it’s good to leave the house, I guess you couldn’t wait. Many have spent a year in a bubble, isolated, some have had to deal with suffering. It was a year of transition, I spent it together with the films of Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa, Lina Wertmueller, Wong Kar-Wai and the President – Spike Lee, very envious of his impeccable French, ed – Now no more pajamas … Also if the theaters have been closed, the cinema continues, it evolves, the energy that makes us rediscover the magic of cinema. After more than 45 years from the Palme d’Or to “Taxi Driver” the magic hasn’t changed. I am proud to be part of the world of cinema and the future will come together, all together. Thank you”.
Happy also at the official dinner, next to his wife Alexandra Hedison, took off her sandals with vertiginous heels and crossed the room, barefoot. And also radiant during the Rendez-vous with the public (adoring, with many young people) on July 7 afternoon. «The Palm of Honor? A very touching moment, the room that rises for me, right here or where I started with “Taxi driver”. What I feel? A mixture of nostalgia, love for cinema, the thought of the directors who inspired my work ».
Una vera “child Cannes”, Jodie. Which also dedicates a memory to the little girl Jodie. “There is a sad story that I don’t tell often. I was about to leave when my dog, Napoleon, a Yorkshire, fell down the stairs and died. I locked myself in the bathroom and didn’t want to go out anymore. It was one of the saddest moments of my life, but I kept it to myself. I thought: I’m going to Cannes and making this sacrifice in honor of the being I loved most in the world. Life like cinema, pain and joy ». She has never backed down. However, a mother, remembered twice, who advised her not to direct, not a job for women, especially if you are already established as an actress.
He started out with “My Little Genius”, the last one was “Money Monster”. She has many projects waiting (“But the film about Leni Riefenstah, an ambitious woman who has put her talent at the service of evil, I won’t. Maybe if others do, I’ll play her as an old woman”), but she has chosen to take time , for work and life. “I have had so many cinematic fathers, what I missed were examples of women in charge in our world. As a girl if there was a woman on the set she was the make-up artist apart from the actresses. I learned not to be afraid to be strong, to make decisions. And today I am aware of the responsibility of being a model myself ».
July 7, 2021 (change July 8, 2021 | 07:30)
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