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Italian ´Buster Keaton´ wins best actor at Cannes

Garrone cast the little-known actor from southern Italy because of his big smile and sunken cheeks, which he said gave him the air of "a modern-day Buster Keaton".

By AFP
May 19, 2018

CANNES, France: Little-known Italian actor Marcello Fonte won best actor at Cannes on Sunday for his portrayal of a hapless cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a thug in Matteo Garrone´s "Dogman".

Garrone cast the little-known actor from southern Italy because of his big smile and sunken cheeks, which he said gave him the air of "a modern-day Buster Keaton".