Marion Cotillard has one of the most intense roles of her career in Guillaume Canet ‘s pulsating French thriller, Karma , premiering out of competition tonight at the Cannes Film Festival where the star has made many appearances and has two films this year in the official selection. In Karma she is Jeanne, whom we meet early on as she accompanies young Mateo (Aron Ramo) on various playful outings. His parents however worry she is too close to the kid, too dependent on a relationship with their son and we soon discover the reason why. Mateo is actually Jeanne’s son, given up for adoption due to her troubled and torturous past, a life she is trying to turn around with Daniel (Leonardo Sbaraglia) with whom she has a challenging and difficult connection despite all his efforts to make their partnership work. One day after taking Mateo to his beloved seashore, the child just vanishes sending Jeanne into a panic. Authorities investigate and Jeanne becomes a key target until she decides to vanish herself.…