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The “Golden Palm” in the hands of Michael Haneke – 2024-09-03 06:02:27

The prestigious Palme d’Or award went to Michael Haneke for his film “The White Ribbon” at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

Haneke himself says that his film is about the “origin of evil”. The story tells about the terrible and mysterious crimes committed in a northern German village at the beginning of the last century before the First World War. The next prize was awarded to Jacques Audiard for the film “Prophet” – the story of the young Arab, who ended up in a Paris prison as an illiterate and non-believing nonentity and came out as a drug lord, a professional killer and a religious Muslim. a special “Cannes Festival Award” was presented to the veteran of European cinema and one of the founders of the “new wave”, 87-year-old Alain René. The award for the best actress went to Charlotte Gainsbourg for her performance in the scandalous film “Antichrist”. As the best actor, Christoph Waltz was awarded for the main male role in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Inglourious Basterds”. Briante Mendoza received the award for the best direction for the film Kinatay. The winner among the screenwriters was the Chinese director Low Ye for “Spring Fever”, and the jury prize was shared by the British Andrea Arnold for “Aquarium” and the South Korean Park Chan Wook for “Thirst”. The main prize of “Special View” went to the Greek film “Tooth” by the young director Yorgos Lanthimos, and the award for a short film – “Arena” by Joao Salavisa. The “Golden Cinema Camera” award was awarded to the film “Samson and Delilah”.

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