The second most prestigious Grand Prix went to Claire Denis of France for Stars at noon and the youngest Belgian Lukas Dhont for Close.
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Claire Denis
Photo: Petros Giannakouris, KTK / AP
The director’s award goes to South Korean Pak Chan-uk for the film Heeojil gyeolsim (Decision to leave).
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Lukas Dhont (vlevo)
Photo: Joel C Ryan, TK/AP
Zar Amír Ebrahímí, originally from Iran, won the Best Actor Award for her role in Holy Spider (Les Nuits de Mashhad). She played a journalist in a real-life film about a multiple killer who targets sex workers in the Iranian city of Mashhad. The actress has lived in France since 2008, thanking the country for accepting the award, AFP said.
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Zar Amír Ebrahímíová
Foto: Eric Gaillard, Reuters
According to the jury, the best acting performance in the main role was given by Song Kang-ho from South Korea in the film Beurokeo (Broker) about a family who is trying to find a new home for an abandoned child. The 55-year-old actor also starred in The Parasite, which won the Palme d’Or three years ago.
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Song Kang-ho
Photo: Joel C Ryan, TK/AP
A total of 21 films competed for the main prize in Cannes this year. The winners were decided by a jury chaired by French actor Vincent Lindon.
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The Czech Republic was not represented in the main competition this year. Věra Chytilová’s Daisies was presented in a digitally restored form in the Cannes Classics section.
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