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Once the awards were officially announced, other big winners included Leos Carax, picked as best director for “Annette,” a musical about two artists caught in a twisted love affair.
Hamaguchi Ryusuke and Takamusa Oe of Japan won best screenplay for their tale of heartbreak and loss “Drive My Car.”
Renate Reinsve won best actress for her role in “The Worst Person In The World” by Joachim Trier, a modern day romantic comedy that was a big hit with critics.
“Compartment no6” by Juho Kuosmanen, about a woman who embarks on a train journey across Russia, tied with “A Hero” by Iran’s Asghar Farhadi, which features a prisoner faced with a moral quandary, for the Grand Prix distinction.
Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’, a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Ducournau just the second female filmmaker to win the festival’s top honour in its 74 year history.
The win on Saturday was mistakenly announced by jury president Spike Lee at the top of the closing ceremony, broadcast in France on Canal, unleashing a few moments of confusion. Ducournau, a French filmmaker, didn’t come to the stage to accept the award until the formal announcement at the end of the ceremony. But the early hint didn’t diminish from her emotional response.
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Cineasta francezÄ Julia Ducournau (37 de ani) a devenit sâmbÄtÄ searÄ prima femeie care câÈtigÄ trofeul întreg la Cannes, pentru filmul âTitaneâ, dupÄ ce în 1993 Jane Campion împÄrÈise Palme dâor-ul pentru âThe Pianoâ cu Chen Kaige pentru âFarewell My Concubineâ. Juriul prezidat de Spike Lee a încÄlcat însÄ regulamentul festivalului, acordând douÄ premii ex-aequo în loc de unul, aÈa cum era permis.
Aceste douÄ premii ex-aequo sunt Marele Premiu, care a fost împÄrÈit între “A Hero”, de Asghar Farhadi, Èi „Compartment no. 6”, de Juho Kuosmanen, Èi Premiul juriului, care a fost acordat filmelor „Ahed’s Knee”, de Nadav Lapid, Èi „Memoria”, de Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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CANNES, France (Reuters) -“Titane”, a wildly imaginative film about a serial killer by French director Julia Ducournau, won the top Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday - as revealed by jury head ahead of time Spike Lee in a gaffe at the ceremony.
Ducournau, 37, became only the second woman to win the top award at Cannes.
In a moment of confusion when asked in French to reveal what one of the prizes was, the U.S. film director read off a card and prematurely announced the best movie winner.
“No excuses, I messed up,” Lee told a news conference after the event. “I’m a big sports fan, it’s like the guy at the end of the game at the foul line, he misses a free throw, or the guy misses a kick.”