Michael Douglas will receive the Palme d’Or of honor

American actor Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the next Cannes Film Festival in recognition of his “brilliant career” and dedication to cinema, the organization reported on Wednesday.

Douglas, 78 and the son of iconic actor Kirk Douglas, will be honored at La Croissete during the opening ceremony on May 16.

“It’s always a breath of fresh air to be in Cannes, which has been offering for a long time platform wonderful for brave creators, artistic daring and excellence in narration“, reads the statement of the translator, which is transmitted by the festival.

“Since my first arrival here in 1979 with ‘Chinese syndrome’ to my latest premiere with “Behind the Candelabra” (Behind the Chandelier) 2013, the Festival has always reminded me that the magic of cinema is not only in what we see on the screen, but in its ability to affect people from all over the world,” he added.

For the main character “Basic Instinct” and “Fatal Attraction”after five decades in the seventh art, “it is an honor to return la croisette to inaugurate the Festival” and to “embrace” the “common global language” that is cinema.

Michael Douglas, a man of many reasons

“Besides his dedication to film, Michael Douglas is also a man who works for many causes. Since 1998, he has been the UN’s Messenger of Peace and advocates for international nuclear weapons control and arms control in the United States,” the organizers of the event noted.

76th edition Cannes Film Festival It will be held from May 16 to 27. A total of 19 titles will compete for the selection golden palmalthough the list is expected to be supplemented in the coming days.

Among those already determined to fight for the maximum assign on La Croisette include new films by Wes Anderson, Nanni Moretti, Wim Wenders, Ken Loach and Brazilian Karim Aïnouz.

Outside the competition, you can watch the new short film at Pedro Almodovar“Strange way of life”, and the return to the direction of the Spaniard Víctor Erice with “Cerrar los ojos”.