‘Deception’: Arnaud Desplechin’s Chatty Philip Roth Adaptation With Léa Seydoux Needs Less Talking, More Action [Cannes Review]

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A man asks the first woman who enters the room to marry him and then is surprised to find she does not respect him. This sums up “The Story of My Wife” from Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi, playing in Competition at this year’s Festival de Cannes.

Lea Seydoux won’t be in Cannes this year after testing positive for Covid-19 back on Saturday. The star is staying in Paris to serve her self-isolation and to do her “part to keep everyone safe and healthy”. She was asymptomatic following the initial diagnosis and tested negative the day after, on Sunday, but French rules mandate 10 days of self-isolation after a positive result.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLea Seydoux, one of France’s biggest stars who was expected to be the toast of Cannes with four films in competition, issued a statement on July 14 saying that she won’t be able to attend the festival as she is currently self-isolating after testing positive to Covid. “Sadly, I have to self-quarantine in Paris and won’t be able to attend the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Arnaud Desplechin returns to the Cannes Film Festival with Deception (Tromperie), a self-indulgent Philip Roth adaptation that’s only marginally better than 2017’s derided Ismael’s Ghosts. One of the late Roth’s most openly personal novels, it details a string of affairs conducted by Jewish-American writer “Philip,” here played by French actor Denis Podalydes, speaking French.

A Christmas Tale from 2008 and loved his mysterious fantasy Kings and Queen (2004) and intriguing Edward Bond adaptation Playing “In the Company of Men” from the year before that. Desplechin has been a Cannes favourite for so long that it’s almost impossible to imagine the festival without one of his dreamy-jaunty jeux d’ésprit on the menu.

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As we’ve noted in the last two weeks of this ongoing Cannes Film Festival, Léa Seydoux is the belle of the ball, and she has four films playing at Cannes, three of them in competition.

COVID-19, putting her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in doubt.The No Time to Die actress is due to appear in four films at the festival, which is already underway, including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch and Arnaud Desplechin’s Deception.Seydoux is double vaccinated and asymptomatic, though organisers have put strict measures in place during the in-person festival.The news comes as Cannes has reported an average of three COVID-19 cases per day, though general secretary Francois

Lea Seydoux may not be appearing at the Cannes Film Festival as scheduled after testing positive for COVID-19.

Lea Seydoux may not be going to the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Lea Seydoux’s Trip to Cannes in Flux As Actress Tests COVID PositiveAccording to multiple media reports, the French actress tested positive for COVID and may have to cancel her trip to Cannes despite having four films, three of which are in competition, at the festival. While a spokesperson for Seydoux has not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for comment, Variety reported that she is asymptomatic and has been self-isolating for over a week at her Paris home.

Lea Seydoux is supposed to be the toast of this year’s Cannes Film Festival with four films, including three in competition. But sources say that the French star may cancel her trip to the South of France after testing positive for Covid.Seydoux has not made the trip to Cannes yet; she’s currently on the production of a film during which contracted Covid.

EXCLUSIVE: Léa Seydoux’s trip to Cannes is in doubt following a positive Covid test, Deadline has confirmed. A representative for the actress, who has four films in this year’s Cannes selection, says Seydoux is at the tail end of her recovery, and is asymptomatic and fully vaccinated, but she will remain at home in Paris out of an abundance of caution, following her doctors’ advice. She was originally due to arrive at the festival yesterday, but did not travel.

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