Kevin Costner’s Western film ‘Horizon’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival

After a 20-year absence, American actor and filmmaker Kevin Costner will attend the Cannes Film Festival. The first instalment of his four-episode epic Western, Horizon: An American Saga, will make its debut in the Out-Of-Competition slot of the 77th edition.

The actor features in it alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington and Jena Malone.

In a statement, the actor said “I’d like to thank the Festival de Cannes for including my film ‘Horizon, an American Saga’ in this year’s selection. It’s been 20 years since I’ve had the pleasure of being on the Croisette (Cannes’ beach front where the Festival’s main venue is located). I’ve been waiting for the right time to return and I’m proud to say that this time has come. ‘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 movies and believed deeply in filmmaking. Just as I believe deeply in my movie…”

Kevin Costner, a well-known and successful actor, began his career behind the camera in 1990 with Dances with Wolves, a humanist chronicle in which he portrays a soldier from the American Civil War who is living among a Sioux tribe. Dances with Wolves, which won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, is now considered a cult classic and was a critical and box-office success.

The Festival describes Horizon: An American Saga as a “monumental project about the cost, in terms of war and violence, of the construction and expansion of the United States of America. 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 for expressing his political commitment to democracy and the environment”