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" After much anticipation (and controversy, both in Hollywood and Monaco), Olivier Dahan&amp;#039;s Grace of Monaco premiered at the Cannes Film Festival today. Somewhat surprisingly\u2014perhaps because it is so daunting a feat\u2014there has never been\u2028 a big\u00AD budget biopic of Grace Kelly. Nicole Kidman, ever the chameleon, studied the Oscar\u00AD winning actress and princess&amp;#039;s life intensely in order to play the title role, watching every movie Kelly made. Dahan&amp;#039;s film, which was shot in Italy, France, and Monaco, focuses not on Kelly&amp;#039;s coming of age in Philadelphia nor on her glamorous Hollywood years but on a dark period in her marriage to Prince Rainier III. Though the Monaco royals have openly stated that the movie is highly embellished, an opening card mitigates this by explaining that several events have been fictionalized. Alfred Hitchcock makes a cameo in the beginning, reminding viewers of the princess&amp;#039;s Hollywood ties, but the movie soon segues into more of a lighthearted political thriller, shining a spotlight on Kelly&amp;#039;s role in the tense relationship between Rainier and French president Charles de Gaulle.  Though the long-awaited film has finally aired, by no means is the drama over. Producer Harvey Weinstein has hinted he&amp;#039;d prefer a different cut for the U.S. release, as opposed to Dahan&amp;#039;s original version. What could be more fitting for a story of Grace Kelly&amp;#039;s life than an unfinished ending? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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