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Cate Blanchett received the first Donostia Award at the 72nd San Sebastian Festival yesterday at the gala in the Kursaal Centre, where she considered it an “honour” to receive the event’s highest accolade and gave an impassioned defence of the “desire to know”.
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, who Blanchett has just worked with on the miniseries Disclaimer, presented the statuette to the actress, who he praised for her rigour and virtuosity, while actor George Clooney congratulated her in a video. He praised her as part of a “unique legacy” of performers who elevate acting to an art form and added: “I’ve been lucky enough to direct you and to act with you. And you always make everyone around you feel lucky that we get a chance to work with someone who is so gifted. And I’m proud to call you a friend”.
Blanchett began by saying: “As an Australian working overseas, I have had the great privilege of crossing many borders and travelling the world. And it is an honour to receive this award in the Basque Country, in this wonderful and vibrant festival that also transcends cultural and cinematographic borders.”
She described as “eclectic and strange” a career that has taken her to many places, although the common thread of her career has been “the desire to know” and to unravel what it means to be human. “A creative life like ours implies doubts and uncertainties. We need to be humble and say: ‘I don’t know and I’m here to learn”, she proclaimed, resisting the desire to find quick answers.
The ceremony was followed by the screening of Rumours, one of Blanchett’s latest acting roles.
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