Cannes April 18 (IANS) Danish director Lars von Trier who has been barred from the Cannes Film Festival since 2011 over his controversial comments about Adolf Hitler will make a comeback at the gala in May.
Festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux has revealed that Avon Trier 61 will return in 2018 reports theguardian.com.
Fremaux told a French radio statement "There will maybe be an announcement..."
The filmmaker s "The House That Jack Built" which stars Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman has been linked with a slot at the festival for a long time.
The psychological thriller centres on the life of a serial killer in Washington over the space of a dozen years.
The director hasn t been invited to Cannes since 2011 when his movie "Melancholia" screened in the festival s main competition.
When he was asked about his German roots and his interest in the Nazi aesthetic at a press conference Trier had delivered a controversial response.
He said at the time "I thought I was a Jew for a long time and I was very happy ... But it turned out that I was not a Jew. And then I found out that I was really a Nazi because my family was German. Which also gave me some pleasure. What can I say?"
During the press conference the movie s star Kirsten Dunst urged the director to stop talking but he continued with his explanation.
He said "I understand Hitler. I think he did some wrong things absolutely but I can see him sitting in his bunker at the end."
"I think I understand the man. He s not what you call a good guy but I understand much about him and I sympathise with him a little bit " he added.
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