A year after winning the Palme d'Or last year, director Ruben Östlund gave the same honor to his French colleague Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall. The crime thriller tells the story of a writer trying to prove her innocence in court after her husband's mysterious death. The main content revolves around their marriage being brought into the courtroom for the press, the public and the audience to dissect and ponder.
Director Justine Triet received the Palme d'Or award.
Justine Triet is one of three female directors to have won the Palme d'Or, along with Jane Campion and Julia Ducournau. She received the award from actress Jane Fonda, who highlighted the Cannes Film Festival's shift in its recognition of female filmmakers. In her victory speech, Triet referred to the French protests over raising the retirement age that were taking place alongside the festival.
This year's Best Director award went to Vietnamese-born filmmaker Tran Anh Hung for his project The Pot au Feu. Set in 19th-century France, the film tells the story of the relationship between a gourmet played by Benoît Magimel and the chef (Juliette Binoche) who worked for him for 20 years. When accepting the award, the director thanked his wife Tran Nu Yen Khe, calling her "my chef".
Director Tran Anh Hung with the award for Best Director.
The Grand Prix was awarded to Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, based on the World War II novel by Martin Amis, who died unexpectedly during the festival.
The Best Actor award went to Kōji Yakusho, who plays a working-class character in Tokyo in Perfect Days. He works as a cleaner in public toilets around the city, but still spends a lot of time reading, planting trees, and observing the people around him. The Best Actress award was a surprise to Turkish-born actress Merve Dizdar, who plays a teacher in a rural area.
Sakamoto Yûji won the screenwriting award for Monster. Meanwhile, the Jury Prize was awarded to Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves.
Notably, the only Vietnamese film at this year's festival - Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell by director Pham Thien An - won the Camera d'Or award after being screened in the Directors' Fortnight program. The work belongs to the art film genre and is about three hours long.
Pham Thien An received the Camera d'Or award.
Inside the Golden Cocoon revolves around a man named Thien. After his sister-in-law dies in a motorbike accident in Saigon, he is assigned to take her body back to her hometown. The journey is also accompanied by his 5-year-old nephew Dao, who miraculously survived the accident. The film then opens up to the mysterious landscape of rural Vietnam and Thien's journey to find his missing brother so that Dao can live with his father.
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