Salma Hayek The 44-year-old actress is currently at the Cannes International Film Festival presenting animation Puss in Boots, in which she voices character Kitty Softpaws.
Salma’s career is blossoming in America and Europe, and Variety has now revealed that she has teamed up with French actor Mathieu Demy – son of acclaimed directors Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy – for Mathieu’s directorial debut.
Salma stars as a dancer at a private club called Americano, while actor-turned-director Mathieu plays her childhood friend, with the movie dealing with them being reunited.
Paris-based company Bac Films have taken international rights to the picture outside of France. Americano was originally set to be an auteur movie, although Mathieu Robinet of Bac Films says it then becomes a road movie, and then picks up surreal tones.
The 64th Cannes International Film Festival is now in full swing, so many more important movie announcements can be expected before it ends on May 22.
The prestigious event began yesterday with a screening of Woody Allen’s new romantic comedy Midnight in Paris.
Acclaimed Italian moviemaker Bernardo Bertolucci declared the festival open as he cut the ribbon. The director is best known for work such as Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor, and last night was presented with a Palme d'Honneur for his lifetime achievement in film.
"The surprise makes this even more important," beamed the filmmaker.
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