Two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn was honored during the 40th Cesar Film Awards in Chatelet Theater in Paris, France on February 20 with a lifetime achievement citation and he got a standing ovation for the honor.
The Cesar Film Awards is the equivalent of the Oscars in France and Sean Penn came with Charlize Theron who looks very stunning in a red dress. She was also very proud for the 54-year-old actor when he got the standing ovation for his lifetime achievement award.
During the post-event media huddle with a reporter from Le Parisien, Penn actually stopped the interviewer when he asked about his girlfriend Charlize. The actor said that Charlize is not his girlfriend because she is the love of his life, details People.
The sweet statement from his beau could have easily swept off the 39-year-old Charlize Theron from her feet because it means that his boyfriend really takes their 14-month-old relationship very seriously.
Penn added that the two of them have known each other for a very long time. But it was only in January last year that they started dating each other. The actor said that he and Charlize, who is also an Oscar winner, have a very strong relationship.
Working and romantic relationship
Sean Penn was previously married to Madonna and then to Robin Wright. Charlize Theron, on the other hand, has been single since breaking up with boyfriend Stuart Townsend in 2009.
With both of them very much single, they struck up a romance and have been a couple since January 2014.
In addition to their romantic relationship, they have also worked together in a film where Charlize was the female lead and Sean the film director. Last summer, they were in South Africa together and filmed the upcoming drama “The Last Face.”
Charlize told reporters on the red carpet of the 40th Cesar Film Awards that she enjoyed working with Sean very much and that the film is already on the editing phase now and will be ready soon.
Wedding plans and European tour
There have been speculations going around that the Oscar-winning couple are already planning on tying the knot very soon, but neither one of them confirmed nor denied the rumors.
The pair apparently has been on their extended European tour, mixing business, pleasure, romance, and politics with stops in San Remo, Rome, London and Paris, where Sean Penn got his lifetime achievement award from the Cesars.
Sean Penn have three films in the can this year including “The Gunman,” “The Last Face,” and “Hot Pursuit.”
As a director, Penn made his directorial debut with the film “The Indian Runner” which was based on Bruce Springstreen’s song titled “Highway Patrolman” from the Boss’ album called “Nebraska.”
Charlize Theron on the other hand, also has three films already in the post-production stages this year including “Dark Places,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and “The Last Face.”