The Arab world is not only determined to organize World Cups and have football teams and players in the West. A Saudi festival and its foundation announced yesterday that they are co-producing a French film, “Jeanne du Barry”, a project by actress and director Maïwenn, starring Johnny Depp in his return to the sets after his famous public trial -which he won- – with his ex-wife Amber Heard. “We hope that this collaboration will strengthen the links between Saudi and French cinema and that it will be the first of many international films under our support that give female directors a voice,” Mohammed al Turki, head of the Mar Film Festival, said in a statement. Red, and its corresponding foundation. The statement does not give any amount of financing, and the French production company, Why Not, did not comment on it either.
Source: Ambito
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