Cannes to commemorate French director Claude MillerApril 19, 2012 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Claude Miller will be honored on the closing night of the 65th Cannes Film Festival, The Wrap reported. The French "New Wave" disciple died on April 4 after completing a final film, "Thérèse Desqueyroux," starring Audrey Tautou ("Amelie"). The movie will be screened on May 27, the festival's final night, in the Grand Théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals. "By dedicating the closing night to him, the Festival de Cannes, along with his family, friends, producers, and distributors, is very pleased to pay tribute to the memory of Claude Miller," the festival said in an announcement. In a career that spanned decades, Miller was a regular presence at the seaside festival. He won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1998 for "La Classe de Neige," a film about a young boy suffering anxiety attacks on a ski trip. Among Miller's best known works are "L'Effrontée," a 1985 drama about a young girl growing up in poverty that starred Charlotte Gainsbourg, and "Garde à vue," a 1981 mystery about a rape investigation. He was also associated with many other directors whose works received great recognition at past Cannes festivals. Miller worked as production or unit manager on many of Francois Truffaut's best known films, such as "Day for Night" and "The Wild Child." He also worked as an assistant director on films from such legendary New Wave directors as Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |