“I wrote this film for you”: Guillaume Canet makes a very beautiful statement to Marion Cotillard at the Cannes Film Festival

Between Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard, the flame is not about to go out. The two lovebirds met in 1995, then spoke to each other for the first time in the cinema in the film Children’s games in 2002, before formalizing their relationship in 2007, almost ten years after their first interview. They became the happy parents of Marcel in 2011, then of Louise in 2017. But in June 2025, after eighteen years of relationship, the two artists formalize their separationwhile specifying through a public press release that it was made “by mutual agreement.” Despite this breakup, the two artists remained on excellent terms. The proof is: they continue to work together through their common passion, cinema.

Guillaume Canet makes a tender declaration to Marion Cotillard: “I wrote this film for you”

This Friday, May 15, in Cannes, Guillaume Canet presented, out of competition, his film Karmaa psychological drama set against a backdrop of sectarian excesses. The cast includes Denis Ménochet, Leonardo Sbaraglia, but also Marion Cotillard, to whom he sent a moving message at the end of the screening of the feature film: “And obviously Marion, who gives us an… exceptional performance. I wrote this film for you and you did it well for me. And I’m offering all three of you (Marion Cotillard, Denis Ménochet and Leonardo Sbaraglia, Editor’s note) the biggest acting prizes in the world. I thank you very much for your trust”, declared Guillaume Canet, his eyes clouded with tears before turning to his friend, Gilles Lellouche, present in the room, “Gilles, I love you my brother”he added.

Marcel, the son of Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet, took his first steps in cinema

A little earlier, during the climb of the steps, Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet had made a remarkable appearance alongside Philippe and Marie-Antoinette Canet, the parents of Guillaume Canet, but especially their son Marcel. This is the first major media appearance for the now 14-year-old, who made his acting debut in the action thriller To Lifereleased on January 10 on the Netflix platform.

Alongside his father, he plays the role of Antoine. At the top of the steps, the latter did not hesitate to comfort his motherputting her arm around her shoulders, visibly overwhelmed by emotion. An intimate moment which delighted fans and photographers and which will certainly mark the history of the Croisette.