24/01/2014 - Olivier Dahan’s film starring Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth will open the 67th Cannes Film Festival out of competition

Grace de Monaco by Olivier Dahan (read the article) will open the 67^th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25, 2014). The film will be screened out of competition. The cast features Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella, Parker Posey, Jeanne Balibar, Sir Derek Jacobi and Paz Vega.

The screenplay follows a part of the life of American actress Grace Kelly (Nicole Kidman) who became Grace de Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III (Tim Roth) in 1956, in a ceremony dubbed the wedding of the century. Six years later, at a time when she sometimes found it difficult to assume her position, Alfred Hitchcock offers her to return to Hollywood to play in his new film, Marnie. At the same time, France threatens to tax or even annex Monaco, this small country of which she has become the monarch. Is she still an actress? Is she really the Princess of Monaco?…

Grace de Monaco was produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam for Stone Angels, Uday Chopra for YRF and Arash Amel, and coproduced amongst others by Belgian outfit Ufilm and Italian company Lucky Red, TF1 Films Productions and Gaumont, in partnership with Silver Reel-Ufund. French distribution will be handled by Gaumont and international sales by Lotus Entertainment.

(Translated from French)