The Cannes Film Festival will pay tribute to veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio, giving the filmmaker behind The Traitor (2019), Vincere (2009), and The Nanny (1999) a lifetime achievement Palme d’Or.

Bellocchio is a regular on the Croisette, having screened seven films in competition in Cannes, starting with A Leap in the Dark in 1980 and most recently gracing the festival red carpet with the 2019 drama The Traitor. Bellocchio will receive his honorary Palme d’Or at the festival’s closing ceremony on July 17. On July 16, the director will also screen his latest, the documentary Marx Can Wait, as part of Cannes’ non-competition Cannes Premiere section.

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