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Leaud was an unknown 14-year-old when he played the troubled
schoolboy Antoine Doinel in Francois Truffaut's first feature, a
role he resprised in four other Truffaut films as he grew up.
Now 71, he will receive an honorary Palme d'Or on May 22 at the
closing ceremony of the festival which opens on Wednesday.
Previous recipients include Woody Allen (2002), Manoel de
Oliveira (2008), Clint Eastwood (2009), Bernardo Bertolucci
(2011) and Agnes Varda (2015).
Leaud, who stars as the French king in "La Mort de Louis XIV"
(The Death of Louis XIV) which will be screened at Cannes, "made
his first appearance on the Croisette (the festival's venue) in
1959 as an extrovert, unruly 14-year-old," the organizers said.
As well as his appearances as Antoine Doinel, Leaud made a great
impact in Jean Eustache's "La Maman et la Putain" (The Mother
and the Whore) in 1973 and Truffaut's "La Nuit Americaine" (Day
for Night) the same year.
(Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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