Back To Acting, Johnny Depp Will Be Present At The 2023 Cannes Film Festival

Still cut Jeanne du Barry (Twitter @Festival_Cannes)

JAKARTA - Johnny Depp is confirmed to return to acting after three years through his latest work. The latest film, Jeanne du Barry, was confirmed to be the opening film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Launching Variety, this news was confirmed by the festival. As the main character, Depp will appear on the red carpet greeting the public.

Directed by Ma Waywenn, Jeanne du Barry tells the story of French King Louis XV played by Depp and his partner Jeanne du Barry (Ma bigwenn) who lives in Versailles Palace. Louis XV took him to the palace even though Jeanne was not a respected person.

Jeanne is a working-class woman who uses her intelligence and captivities to raise social status. Jeanne's presence created a court scandal in the kingdom. Then, Louis XV was accused of corruption after 59 years of government, the longest in French history.

The film, written by Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Nicolas Livecchi, is reported to contain conversations in French. The public also expects Depp's latest appearance in this film.

Ma worrywenn previously won Cannes Jury Prize in 2011 with Polisse. Jeanne du Barry is the point of Johnny Depp's return among several film projects, one of which is Modigliani.

So far it is not known when the film Jeanne du Barry will be shown regularly in theaters.

In 2022, Johnny Depp's name was in the spotlight of controversy when he sued his ex-wife, Amber Heard for defamation. He won the court and got 15 million US dollars or losses.

On the other hand, he was found guilty of one case and required to pay 2 million US dollars to his ex-wife.