Cannes Film Festival honors Jaclyn Jose

The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) in France, one of the world’s prestigious award-giving bodies, paid tribute to Filipino actress Jaclyn Jose, who passed away on March 2.

“Upon learning of the passing of Filipino actress Jaclyn Jose, the Cannes Festival remembers her beaming with emotion as she received the 2016 Acting Award for Ma’ Rosa by Brillante Mendoza,” read the post on Facebook on March 5.

The message added: “Like many of her other roles, she illuminated this very beautiful portrait of a woman, embodied her with grace and humanity.”

The original post in French read: “En apprenant le décès de l’actrice philippine Jaclyn Jose, le Festival de Cannes se souvient de son visage rayonnant d’émotion lorsqu’elle reçut le prix d’interprétation en 2016 pour Ma’Rosa de Brillante Mendoza. Comme pour bien d’autres de ses rôles, elle avait illuminé ce très beau portrait de femme en l’incarnant avec grâce et humanité.”

Jaclyn, 60, is the first Filipino actress to win Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for the movie. She died from a heart attack. — Robert Requintina

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