Hollywood star Marion Cotillard bringing Gallic glamour to Somerset House

 
Outdoor screening: Marion Cotillard, far right, in Two Days, One Night

Somerset House is to host a night of Gallic glamour when Oscar-winning star Marion Cotillard presents the British premiere of her movie at the launch of the 2014 Film4 Summer Screen, it was announced today.

The French actress will attend the outdoor courtyard screening of Two Days, One Night, by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film is to be unveiled to the world at the Cannes film festival next week.

The Belgian brothers are hoping to pick up their third Palme d’Or — the festival’s top prize — for the tale of a woman who has 48 hours to convince her workmates to give up bonuses so she can keep her job. The film will be one of three UK premieres taking place during the annual Somerset House screenings, which are in their tenth year.

The centrepiece gala will be 20,000 Days On Earth, a drama-documentary about the musician Nick Cave. The programme will conclude with What We Do in the Shadows, a vampire mocumentary co-written by and starring Jemaine Clement, from the Flight of the Conchords comedy act, with fellow New Zealander Taika Waititi.

Clement said today: “Taika and I are delighted to have our fascinating documentary film have its British premiere at Somerset House. A fly on the wall look at a subject no other popular medium has been brave enough to touch in recent times — vampires.” The line-up also includes Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, Ghostbusters and the Oscar-winning Italian film The Great Beauty.

The public will get to choose a past screening to see again. Director Richard Curtis said last year’s Somerset House premiere of his film About Time “felt like the dream of how watching movies is meant to be”.

Film4 Summer Screen runs from August 7 to 20. Tickets will be on general sale from Friday.

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