'Anora': American film wins Palme d'Or 2024

The 77th Cannes Film Festival has just awarded the highest prize, the Palme d'Or, to the romantic comedy Anora by director Sean Baker. The film tells the love story between a New York dancer (played by Mikey Madison) and a Russian politician (Mark Eydelshteyn). Their love becomes difficult when the man's family tries to separate the couple. The film has been described by critics as "stunning".

'Anora': Phim Mỹ thắng giải Cành cọ vàng 2024- Ảnh 1. — The film *Anora* won the highest award - the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Director Sean Baker next to the golden statue after the festival closed on May 25 in France.

On stage to receive the award, director Sean Baker (his previous notable works include Tangerine - 2015, The Florida Project - 2017...) said that this result was "unexpected". The American filmmaker thanked two cinematic monuments as his great inspirations, Francis Ford Coppola and David Cronenberg. For the first time since Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (2011), American cinema has had a work that won the Palme d'Or.

Director Greta Gerwig, president of the jury, said the jury decided to award Anora because "the film evokes classic cinema, like the structure of the work of filmmakers like Lubitsch and Howard Hawks. The film does something believable and extraordinary."

Before Anora , Neon's films were honored with the Palme d'Or such as Anatomy of a Fall (which won last year, 2023), Triangle of Sadness , Titane and Parasite . According to international sources, the company has not yet scheduled a release date in the North American market this year but expects to show the film next November.

'Anora': Phim Mỹ thắng giải Cành cọ vàng 2024- Ảnh 2. — Indian film *All We Imagine As Light* directed by Payal Kapadia wins Grand Prize

This year's Grand Prix was awarded to the Indian film All We Imagine As Light, directed by Payal Kapadia, for the first time since 1994. This is a work with a strong political tone. All We Imagine As Light received an eight-minute standing ovation after its screening at Cannes - the longest standing ovation of the season this year.

The 77th season marked many surprises in the acting awards, when the Best Actress award was given to the ensemble cast of the crime- musical Emilia Pérez (directed by Jacques Audiard), including Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón. The Best Actor award was given to Jesse Plemons in Kinds of Kindness , marking the second time that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' film was honored at the 2024 post-Oscar film awards.

Previously, the film Black Dog by director Guan Hu, starring Eddie Peng, won the Un Certain Regard award. The dog Xin, who co-starred with the actor in the film, won the Palm Dog award. The film tells the story of the friendship between a man who has just finished serving his sentence and a dog in his hometown.