French actor Vincent Lindon has been named as the President of the Jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. According to an official press release, he joins fellow jurors Rebecca Hall, Deepika Padukone, Noomi Rapace, Jasmine Trinca, Asghar Farhadi, Ladj Ly, Jeff Nichols and Joachim Trier to judge the official competition at the festival, which kicks off in the south of France next month.
Isabelle Huppert was the last French star to be Jury President in 2009. In the history of the Festival, French celebrities have often held this role in an anniversary year, such as Yves Montand in 1987 for the 40th Festival, Gérard Depardieu in 1993 for the 45th Festival, and Isabelle Adjani in 1997 for the 50th.
Lindon won Best Actor at the festival in 2015, and will present the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition on Saturday, May 28th.
On the same press release, Lindon said:
It is a great honor and source of pride to be entrusted, in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world, with the splendid, weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film Festival.
With my Jury, we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future, all of which carry the same secret hope of courage, loyalty, and freedom, with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys. Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow.
Lindon was last seen in 2021 Palme d’Or winner Titane.
