Terry Gilliam ‘suffers stroke’ ahead of Don Quixote's Cannes premiere

The Monty Python director is said to be recovering
Recovering: Gilliam is set to be on the road to recovery
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Safeeyah Kazi9 May 2018
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Terry Gilliam has reportedly suffered a stroke ahead of the premiere of film Don Quixote's Cannes.

According to reports, the 77-year-old suffered a minor stroke over the weekend.

He is said to be recovering and is expected to have returned home on Tuesday evening.

Gilliam was discharged the day before a French court ruled that the world premiere of upcoming film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote would go ahead as the closing film of the Cannes film festival on May 19.

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The film has been in the making since 1989 has been the subject of distribution rights disagreement.

Portuguese film director Paul Branco launched a legal challenged in April to stop the French cinema release of the film, claiming that his company owned the rights.

Earlier this month Amazon Studios reportedly pulled out of US distribution despite contributing to funding.

The court ruled in Gilliam’s favour and terminated the attempted injunction to stop the screening.

Prior to the ruling Cannes revealed that it backed Gilliam and was planning to proceed with the premiere.

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