Cannes, France-Sweden director Ruben Ostrund’s sculpture “Triangle of Sadness” won the Palmdor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival here on Saturday. A frank and ugly parody of class politics, the film divided the critics into two.
The award ceremony takes about 90 minutes and is relatively painless, reminding us that Cannes focuses on the film itself, not the circus. Held in the magnificent Grand Lumiere Theater at the festival headquarters and watched by nine judges from the stage, the award gives critical legitimacy and longs for a film that continues for years in the pandemic. Produces public relations activities that have been done. A difficult world for art cinema.
The second prize of the festival, the Grand Prix, was divided into “Close” directed by Lukas Dhont of Belgium and “Stars at Noon” by French writer Claire Denis. “Stars at Noon” was brutalized by critics, but it wasn’t a shock at all. This year’s chief judge, Vincent Lindon, has appeared in several Dennis films. A critical and audience favorite of the two 13-year-old boys whose friendship was tragically tested, “Close” attracted warm applause from the Lumiere audience.
The third award, the Jury Award, is two completely different, the tragedy “EO” about the donkey of Polish writer Jerzy Skolimowski and the adult story of the Belgian filmmaker “Eight Mountains”. It was divided into dramas. Felix van Groningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch. Skolimowski, 84, began his acceptance speech by thanking (and naming) all six donkeys, including a small beauty called a taco. On her side, Vandermersh seemed to surprise her co-director and partner by repeatedly kissing him shortly before he began his acceptance speech.
South Korean director Park Chan-wook saidDecision to leave, ”(Riffing Hitchcock’s“ dizziness ”) The funny twisty thriller was very popular. “This is very cool,” Park said in English as he went on stage, but he also added a descriptive one.
The Screenplay Award was given to an immersive (and talkative) drama.Heaven boy, “From Swedish director Tarik Saleh. The film follows a political plot that swirls around a young Egyptian student, a Sunni Muslim, shortly after he began studying at a powerful religious college. After receiving his award, Saleh dedicated his award to a young Egyptian filmmaker: “Speak up and tell your story.”
In one of the big surprises of the night, the best actress went to Zara Amil Ebra Himi, the star of the widely hated crime nonfiction drama “Holy Spider” by Iranian-born director Ali Abbasi. She plays a journalist facing police indifference and disgrace while pursuing a serial killer. The Best Actor Award was awarded to Song Kang-Ho, a Korean talented actor (“parasite”), for his delicate and soulful acting as a baby trafficker in Japan’s latest work “Broker” by Hirokazu Koreeda. I did.
A special prize commemorating the 75th anniversary of the festival was presented to “Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne”.Birds and Rokita, “About two undocumented African immigrants in Belgium, cruel and terribly repellent.Dardenne is one of the most legitimate Prestigious filmmaker He has won Palme twice in the history of Cannes (1999 “Rosetta” and 2005 “The Child”). This award was worthy.
