Australian actress Cate Blanchett will receive a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival, which is being held this year from September 20 to 28 in this city in the Spanish Basque Country, organizers announced on Thursday. This festival, the most important in the Spanish-speaking world, will pay tribute to “one of the most important performers of contemporary cinema”, they indicated in a press release. Cate Blanchett will also be the image of the festival on its posters.
Cate Blanchett, 54, won two Oscars for her performances in Martin Scorsese’s Aviator (2005) and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine (2014). She has also won four Baftas and four Golden Globes. Recognized as one of the major actresses of her generation, she has starred throughout her career in big-budget films, such as Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Marvel’s Thor and The Lord of the Rings. Peter Jackson.
But this theater enthusiast has also appeared in smaller productions, such as Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley and Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic. The 72nd edition of the San Sebastián festival will open with the world premiere of the feminist remake of Emmanuelle, a great success of erotic cinema of the 1970s, with Noémie Merlant in the title role.