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Cannes 2015: highlights for Saturday, May 23

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in "Macbeth"

This Saturday, the screening of "Macbeth" will close out the competition at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy.

This will be the fourth consecutive year the French actress has starred in a film in the official selection at Cannes. After acclaimed performances in Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone," James Gray's "The Immigrant" and the Dardenne brothers' "Two Days, One Night," Cotillard returns as one half of the scheming Scottish couple in Kurzel's "Macbeth." Fassbender and Cotillard will soon reunite with the Australian filmmaker on the set of another adaptation: a film based on the "Assassin's Creed" video game franchise.

"Macbeth" will be the final film screened in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year. On Sunday, the jury presided by Ethan and Joel Coen will announce the winner at the closing ceremony, scheduled to begin at 18:50pm local time.