Kevin Costner has always aimed to paint a portrait of America: its origins, its flaws, and its legends. As we know from Dances with Wolves, the western has become his preferred genre to express his political commitment to democracy and the environment.
“I would like to thank the Cannes Film Festival for including my film Horizon, An American Saga in this year's selection,” says Kevin Costner. “It has been 20 years since I had the pleasure of being on the Croisette. I have been waiting for the right time to return and I am proud to say that this moment has arrived. Horizon, An American Saga is a story that began 35 years ago, and “I can't think of a better place than Cannes to reveal to the world the result of such a wonderful adventure. The French have always supported cinema and have believed deeply in cinema. Just as I believe deeply in my cinema…”
After forays into the series Hatfields and McCoys and Yellowstone, he returns with Horizon, An American Saga to the genre that made the heyday of American cinema for a monumental project about the cost, in terms of war and violence, of the construction and expansion of the United States. United of America.
Horizon, An American Saga will premiere in 4 episodes over several months, starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone in the lead roles.
Successful and popular actor (remember Eliot Ness in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables), Kevin Costner got behind the camera in 1990 with Dances with Wolves, a humanist chronicle in which he plays a nearby American Civil War soldier. to a Sioux tribe. Dances with Wolves has become a cult film and was a critical and box office success, winning 7 Oscars, including Best Picture.
Kevin Costner continued to show his acting talent, constantly revealing new facets of his game: he played Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Kevin Reynolds (1991), Jim Garrison, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation into the Kennedy assassination in JFK by Oliver Stone (1991), a bodyguard on the prowl in Bodyguard by Mick Jackson (1992) and a fugitive with a big heart in A Perfect World by Clint Eastwood (1993).
The Cannes Film Festival is pleased to welcome Kevin Costner to present his latest film Horizon, An American Saga, which will be screened on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
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