This Friday, July 28th, Patrick Chesnais was in Villeneuve-Loubet, in the presence of Lionnel Luca, the mayor of the town, as part of the Festival of Words.
For his second participation, Patrick Chesnais shared with the people of Villeneuve excerpts from texts drawn from the work of Didier Van Cauwelaert “One-way Ticket, Forbidden Life, Jules,…”
Patrick Chesnais is a French actor, director, dialogist, and screenwriter. He began his career in theater and only appeared on screen in 1976 in Jacques Rozier’s “The Castaways of Turtle Island.” He then played unconventional roles. In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for “The Reader.” Patrick Chesnais received the César Award for Best Actor in 2006 for the film “Not Here to Be Loved.”
Since July 15th, great names from French cinema and theater have been reading texts by writers born or who have stayed and written on the French Riviera.
After Patrick Chesnais, Elsa Zylberstein, Michel Boujenah, Patrick Poivre d’Arvor, Stéphane Freiss, and Richard Bohringer, it will be Brigitte Fossey and Christophe Malavoy who will give an appointment this weekend to locals and tourists, on village squares, in open-air theaters, or other historical places in eight communes of the department.
These renowned actors will, for the time of reading, become bearers of words that will transport us into the universe of great writers, a pride of our heritage.
A true “invitation to travel” for all lovers of literature and staunch fans of the Festival of Words.
