Source: Radio New Zealand (world)
Winning his second Palme d’Or at the festival, Cristian Mungiu’s film is centred around the clash of values. Fjord, the drama by Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or top prize.
It is the second time Mungiu has won the prize, after 2007’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. The film starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve is centred around the clash of values that ensues when a religious family relocates from Romania to a Norwegian village.
Russian director and screenwriter Andrey Zvyagintsev after winning the Grand Prix Award for the film “Minotaure” (Minotaur).AFP / Thibaud Mortiz Russian director and screenwriter Andrey Zvyagintsev after winning the Grand Prix Award for the film “Minotaure” (Minotaur).
AFP / Thibaud Mortiz The second-place Grand Prize went to Minotaur, a drama about a wife’s infidelity, from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev.
The best director prize was shared between Poland’s Pawel Pawlikowski for his Thomas Mann drama Fatherland and the Spanish duo known as ‘Los Javis’, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, for the Spanish Civil War epic The Black Ball.
Japanese actress Tao Okamoto (L) and Belgian actress Virginie Efira celebrate on stage after winning ex-aequo the Best Actress Prize for the film “Soudain” (All of a Sudden).AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy Japanese actress Tao Okamoto (L) and Belgian actress Virginie Efira celebrate on stage after winning ex-aequo the Best Actress Prize for the film “Soudain” (All of a Sudden).
AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy The best actress prize was handed to the two leads of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, France’s Virginie Efira and Japan’s Tao Okamoto, both of whom wiped away tears as they took to the stage.
The best actor prize was also shared by the two main stars of Belgian World War I gay love story Coward, Valentin Campagne and newcomer Emmanuel Macchia.
Belgian actor Emmanuel Macchia (L) and French actor Valentin Campagne (C) celebrate on stage after winning ex-aequo the Best Actor Prize for the film “Coward”.AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy Belgian actor Emmanuel Macchia (L) and French actor Valentin Campagne (C) celebrate on stage after winning ex-aequo the Best Actor Prize for the film “Coward”.
AFP / Sameer Al-Doumy The jury prize went to The Dreamed Adventure, a drama about an archaeological dig in Bulgaria, by German film director Valeska Grisebach. Famed US singer and actor Barbra Streisand was given an honorary Palme d’Or in absentia, after she could not attend the ceremony due to a knee injury.
French screen icon Isabelle Huppert accepted the award on Streisand’s behalf. Streisand, the 84-year-old star of movies including Yentl and Funny Girl, praised cinema’s ability to unite people, in a video message accepting the award.
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