Arts And Entertainment

Italian administrator Bernardo filmmaker holds his Golden Globe Award for prizewinning administrator of a flick on Jan 23, 1988 in Beverly Hills. He won for his flick "The Last Emperor." (UPI Photo/Glenn Wagnner/Files) 

CANNES, France, April 13 (UPI) -- Italian administrator Bernardo filmmaker is to be presented with an Honorary Palme d'or during the inaugural start of France's Festival de Cannes, organizers said.

"This recognition is attributed to an important filmmaker, whose work is authoritative but never got a Palme d'or," a evidence on the festival's Web site said Monday. "In the time past, Woody Allen, in 2002, or Clint Eastwood, in 2009, were awarded this secernment by President Gilles Jacob, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Festival de Cannes. Now, the behave becomes tradition and will be annual, taking locate at the inaugural of the event."

Bertolucci's credits allow "Before the Revolution," "1900," "The Conformist," "Last Tango in Paris" and "The Last Emperor."

"The quality of his work, which appears today in every its individualism and the extent of this work we comprehend every day more vividly, the strength of his dedication to medium and the ties that bind him to Cannes, attain Bernaldo Bertollucci the prototypal legitimate recipient," biochemist said in a statement.

Bertolucci, 71, is to receive the Honorary Palme May 11 at the festival, in the proximity of the jury chaired by Robert De Niro, who was one of the stars of "1900."

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