In tribute to the late great Swedish actor, who has died aged 90, we republish Geoffrey Macnab’s 2005 profile of this existential giant and his journey beyond being Bergman's alter ego to international stardom.
When Swedish filmmaker Ruben Ostlund won the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for “Triangle of Sadness,” it put him in the rarified class of two-time Palme d’Or winners. The prestigious group also includes Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Haneke, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Emir Kusturica, Shohei Imamura, Bille
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The 74th Cannes Film Festival in numbers
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Sunday Jul 04, 2021
PARIS: Here are a few numbers related to the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which runs from July 6 to 17:
- Five -
The number of times the festival has not gone ahead: in 1939 due to the Second World War, in 1948 and 1950 for financial reasons, in 1968 due to protests across France and in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- Eight -
The number of directors or co-directors who have won the Palme d´Or twice: Francis Ford Coppola, Shohei Imamura, Ken Loach, Bille August, Emir Kusturica, the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke and Alf Sjoberg.