Meanwhile, French icon Catherine Deneuve arrives in Cannes not with one film but two. At 82, she's in official competition with Asghar Farhadi's ensemble drama "Parallel Tales" alongside Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Cassel, and later this Friday returns to the red carpet for "Gentle Monster" with Léa Seydoux.
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Also generating buzz is "Karma", Guillaume Canet's psychological thriller starring his former partner Marion Cotillard – their first film since the couple split up. Cotillard plays a woman whose life unravels when her young godson mysteriously disappears.
