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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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The winners at Cannes Film Festival were announced on Saturday, with Spike Lee slipping up as he announced the top prize at the start of the night.
The director, who was supposed to announce the best actor winner, which went to Caleb Landry Jones for
Nitram,
Titane
took home the top Palme d Or prize. He later said: I have no excuses. I messed up.
Scroll down for the main categories and winners on the night.
Shock-fest Titane took home the top Palme d Or prize at Cannes on Saturday, revealed early at the closing ceremony in an embarrassing slip-up by jury president Spike Lee.