Final applause for the 77th Cannes Film Festival
At the end of 12 days of festival and a competition that will have essentially purred to life in its final days, the jury of the official selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, chaired by Greta Gerwig, awards its prizes.
In the beautiful gallery of female portraits offered in particular by films such as Anora, Emilia Perez, The substance, which actress in the competition will win the Interpretation Award? Among their colleagues, have Paul Schrader and David Cronenberg written characters and directed actors worthy of Richard Gere and Vincent Cassel? Which scenario will be favored by the jury composed among others of Omar Sy, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Lily Gladstone?
As for the Palme d’Or, the competition, initially marked by Emilia Perez Then The substancerather, it will end with the coronation of a similar outsider Bird OR Anoraor one of the latest films presented, The seed of the sacred fig tree by Mohammad Rasoulof?
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Screenplay Award: The substance
The actress Eva Green, a member of the jury, presented the film with the Screenplay Award The substance by French director Coralie Fargeat, with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. A film by body horror blood and criticism of the society of appearance that has divided the Croisette, however unanimous in celebrating the great cinematic gesture of the director’s new film vendetta.
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Best Actress Award: Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon and Selena Gomez Emilia Perez
The Japanese actor Kōji Yakusho, awarded at Cannes in 2023 for his performance in Perfect daysdelivers the Best Actress Award assigned by Lily Gladstone and Pierfrancesco Favino to the three actresses of Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Perez. Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon and Selena Gomez are recognized for their collective performance, full of emotion and song, in this melodramatic thriller about a sexual transition in the world of drug trafficking.
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Best Actor Award: Jesse Plemons Types of kindness
Omar Sy presents the Male Interpretation Prize to Jesse Plemons, for his triple performance in Types of kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos. In each of the three stories that make up the film, he plays a different character, a man dominated and humiliated by his boss or a police officer devastated and driven mad by the disappearance and then return of his wife. A full and brilliant performance, which crowns the work of one of the most accomplished actors of his generation beyond the film.
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A Special price it is assigned to Mohammad Rasoulof, who arrived at the Cannes Film Festival after his escape from Iran where he had been sentenced to prison. His movie The seed of the sacred fig tree he is one of the favorites of the competition.
Best Director Award: Miguel Gomes for Fantastic trip
German director Wim Wenders presents the award for best director to Portuguese director Miguel Gomes, director of the film Fantastic trip.
Rangoon, Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant of the British Empire, runs away on the day he was supposed to marry his fiancée Molly. Determined to marry, Molly sets out to find Edward and track his Grand Tour through Asia.
Jury Prize: Emilia Perez
Xavier Dolan, president of the Un certain Regard jury at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, is on stage to present the Jury Prize. Spanish director and jury member Juan Antonio Bayona presents this award to Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez.
Grand Prix: Everything we imagine as light
The French-Indian film Everything we imagine as light, directed by Payal Kapadia on female identity and friendship in Mumbai wins the award Grand Prix. This is the first Indian film in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 30 years and the film Santosh.
Prabha, a nurse living in Mumbai, hides her inner turmoil by dedicating herself to work. When she receives an unexpected gift, she can no longer escape the past that she had previously tried to put aside. Anu, her young and carefree roommate, is looking for a place in the city where she and her lover can finally make love. The two women travel to a coastal town. There, a tropical forest becomes a space of freedom where their desires can finally manifest.
Honorary Palme d’Or for George Lucas
The legendary George Lucas is honored with a Honorary Golden Palm during this 77th Cannes Film Festival, presented by his friend and other cinema legend Francis Ford Coppola, present in competition with Megalopolis.
Palme d’Or: Anora
Greta Gerwig, president of the jury, awards the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival Anora by Sean Baker. This is the first Palme d’Or awarded to an American film since then Tree of Life in 2011. In this film, a supposedly modern version of Pretty Woman which deconstructs the clichés of romantic comedy and the American dream in an age of artificial feelings, actress Mikey Madison stands out as one of the biggest revelations of this festival. Our opinion on Anora here.
Anora, a young prostitute from Brooklyn, finds her life turned upside down when she falls in love with the son of a Russian oligarch and marries him in the meantime. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is put in jeopardy when her husband’s parents leave for New York with the intention of having the wedding annulled.
Source: Cine Serie
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