Twenty-five years after the tribute to his father Kirk, Michael Douglas received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Twenty-five years after the tribute to his father Kirk, Michael Douglas received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Half a century of America at Deauville

The 50th American Film Festival is currently underway in Normandy, where audiences have been able to applaud Michael Douglas at the opening, discover Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, attend the tribute to filmmaker James Gray… and see or re-see “50 films that changed the way we look at the world”.

Vicky Krieps plays the gentle Vivienne, a strong, independent woman, and Viggo Mortensen plays Olsen, a Danish ex-serviceman. "Vicky is able to convey a lot in silences, so it was great to have her," confides the actor-director.

Vicky Krieps plays the gentle Vivienne, a strong, independent woman, and Viggo Mortensen plays Olsen, a Danish ex-serviceman. "Vicky is able to convey a lot in silences, so it was great to have her," confides the actor-director.

Viggo Mortensen: “I grew up with Westerns”.

An international star, the actor-director came to the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer to present his film “Jusqu’au bout du monde”, a beautiful romantic western starring Vicky Krieps. “I thought it was interesting to set the story of a free, independent woman in the western United States in the 19è century, where society was a bit savage, dominated by men,” confides Viggo Mortensen.