Alexandre Desplat is our tricolor pride. He is an Emeritus flutist and haloed composer. In 2015, he won the Oscar best soundtrack for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" from Wes Anderson. This made him one of the most prestigious Frenchmen in Hollywood, after Maurice Jarre Francis Lai or Michel Legrand. He won his second statuette for "The Shape of Water", by Guillaumo Del Toro, three years later.
As guest of honour at the Film Festival, he arrived as a guest of honor.
