Monday, May 25, 2009

Festival de Cannes

THE WINNERS:

PALME D'OR: The White Ribbon, directed by Michael Haneke of Funny Games (both versions) and Cache fame.

GRAND PRIX: A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard, who has recent hits stateside with Read My Lips (an excellent suspenser) and The Beat That My Heart Skipped.

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE: Wild Grass, directed by Alan Resnais

JURY PRIZE: Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Michael Fassbinder, who recently had an award wattage role in Hunger.

BEST DIRECTOR: Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay

BEST ACTOR: Christopher Waltz, Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino's latest had a mixed reaction at Cannes but opens this August.)

BEST ACTRESS: Charlotte Gainsbourgh, Antichrist (directed by Lars von Trier; Gainsbourgh has appeared in French and American films, notaby I'm Not There and 21 Grams.)

BEST SCREENPLAY: Spring Fever-- Lou Ye

No comments:

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...