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Depp in Court: Maïwenn’s “Jeanne du Barry” Courts Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard & Noémie Lvovsky

Published on May 2, 2022

Johnny Depp might have missed out on a nice Disney payday, but he’ll soon be holding court with the likes of Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard & Noémie Lvovsky in the now titled Jeanne du Barry — Maïwenn‘s sixth feature film. In Screen Daily’s recap of Wild Bunch’s upcoming film slate, the period piece will likely be readied for a Cannes 2023 unveiling. Cannes topper Thierry Frémaux has invited the actress-filmmaker to Cannes before – 2011’s Polisse (read review) and Mon Roi (2015) we comp selections and 2020’s DNA was selected for the Cannes special.

It is freely inspired by the life of Jeanne Bécu who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress. Maïwenn will also star as Jeanne du Barry opposite Johnny Depp as Louis XV.

Related Topics:Cinema of France, French Cinema, Jeanne du Barry, Johnny Depp, Louis Garrel, Maiwenn, Noémie Lvovsky, Pierre Richard

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).