Spike Lee and his jury returned their verdict. And this is the shock Titanium, second feature film by Julia Ducournau after Grave, which was crowned Palme d’Or for this 74th Cannes film festival, after a little spoil of Mr. President at the start of the ceremony. The Frenchwoman thus becomes the second woman to receive this award after Jane Campion in 1993, tied with Chen Kaige. In her speech, the director, upset, surrounded by her actors Agathe Rousselle and Vincent lindon, thanked the jury for recognizing this “visceral need for a more inclusive and more fluid world”, “to call for more diversity in the cinematographic experience and in our lives”, but also “to let in the monsters” . Great emotion also for the actress Renate Reinsve, prize for female interpretation for her incandescent performance in the sublime dramedy of Joachim Trier, Julie (in twelve chapters), one of the editorial favorites.
This 2021 edition will have been very rich in films from all walks of life, with a good place given to French cinema. Besides Titanium, many French films were in competition, including the sulphurous Benedetta de Paul Verhoeven, Everything went well, François Ozon’s latest film with Sophie Marceau, or the rock opera by Leos Carax Annette with Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver. We will also remember from this official competition The French Dispatch, the film by Wes Anderson filmed in France, in Angoulême, Wes Anderson who had created the surprise during (…)
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Titanium by Julia Ducournau Palme d’or… Oops, Spike Lee spoiled everything at the start of the ceremony!
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