Cinema quiz: 9 questions about Cannes and the Palme d’Or

They are currently 21 on the starting line. But only one will be left on arrival. Or two, if the jury removes the joker “ex equal”. And we risk talking about him/them. Because the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for the best film with the Oscar is one of the most popular prizes in the world of cinema, which can increase the participation of its winner (at least in France).

The trophy, which was first called the Grand Prix from 1946 to 1954, before the name and appearance changed. For almost 70 years, it has been stirring conversations at every festival.

And even after that, since it is rare for its winner to be unanimous, so far as the expression “heart palm” It regularly comes out to highlight films that the media or columnist think are more deserving of the top award than the one that won it.

But are you stuck on this topic? Will you be able to take our Palme d’Or quiz as the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival begins? Depends on you !

5 years after surprising everyone thanks to The Square, Ruben Östlund pulled off a double whammy without a filter. And joins Bill August and Michael Haneke in the very exclusive club of filmmakers who have received two Palms… with two films in a row, something that Francis Ford Coppola, Emir Kusturica or Dardenne, also the authors of the dub, could not do.

Palm, which was also rejected in France for more than two decades. Awarded in 1987, Sous le soleil de Satan by Maurice Pialat had to wait until the coronation of Between the Walls in 2008 to find a successor. But since then, French cinema has taken off well, winning the award three times in just fifteen years: thanks to La Vie d’Adèle, Dheepan and Titane.

Are we doing it again this year with Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Anatomy of the Fall, last summer’s Dodin Buffan’s Passion or Return? Judgment on Saturday 27th May.