Remembering toasting in great company at Deauville Festival

Chazz Palminteri came to Deauville for the Festival screening of Mulholland Falls (Les Hommes de l’Ombre) directed by Lee Tamahori.

Chicago Sun-Times film critic late Roger Ebert, historically a fan of noir, liked Mulholland Falls, writing: 'This is the kind of movie where every note is put in lovingly. It's a 1950s crime movie, but with a modern, ironic edge: The cops are just a shade over the top, just slightly in on the joke. They smoke all through the movie, but there's one scene where they're disturbed and thoughtful, and they all light up and smoke furiously, the smoke lit by the cinematographer to look like great billowing clouds, and you smile, because you know the scene is really about itself. 

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer and playwright. He is best known for his Academy Award-nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets over Broadway, the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, based on his play of the same name, Special Agent Dave Kujan in The Usual Suspects, Primo Sidone in Analyze This and his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family.

Left to right Jean François Deveau (filmOffice), Chaz Palmentieri, Bruno Chatelin (Managing Director UGC FOX Distribution) Myriam Le Brave (UFD) Michelle Darmon (publicist). Pictured at Normandy Hotel Cellars in Deauville