Actor Jean-Luc Bideau celebrated at Locarno Film Festival

Celebrated Swiss actor Jean-Luc Bideau will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Locarno Film Festival. Also at the weekend, Bideau will be seen starring in François-Christophe Marzal’s film Ah que le bonheur est proche ! At the age of 86, the Geneva-born actor reflects on his career with clarity. Faced with this double honour, “of course I’m flattered,” he told Keystone-ATS a few days before the festival began, at his apartment near Geneva. A leading figure in the new Swiss cinema…