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Whitaker-Bloom movie 'Zulu' to close Cannes film fest

Oscar-winning US actor Forest Whitaker delivers a speech at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, February 7, 2012. The International Institute for Peace (IIP), co-founded by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Whitaker, formally joined forces with the Organization with a signing agreement between UNESCO, the Institute, Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA) and the Government of the United States of America. UPI/Eco Clement

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Published: April 12, 2013 at 1:29 PM

CANNES, France, April 12 (UPI) -- France's 66th Festival de Cannes is to close with a screening of "Zulu," a thriller starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom shot in South Africa.

The film was directed by Jerome Salle and adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Ferey.

Set in contemporary Cape Town, the film is about two police officers "caught up in a suspenseful search [that] combines elements of political film noir and social study," a synopsis said.

The renowned film festival is to open May 15 with a showing of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby."

Topics: Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom, Baz Luhrmann

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