…and the Palme d’Or goes to…

May 26, 2008 – 11:14 pm

… Entre les Murs by Laurent Cantet (French). Congratulations! (Palme d’Or is the prize for the best film in The Cannes Film Festival).

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Finally the 61st Cannes Film Festival announced the results. Palme d’Or is the primary award of this festival, besides some other awards such as:* Grand Prix - Matteo Garrone (Italy) for Gomorra
* Prix de la mise en scène - Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) for Üç Maymun
* Prix du Jury - Paolo Sorrentino (Italy) for Il Divo
* Prix du scénario - Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne for Le Silence de Lorna (Belgium)
* Prix d’interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes - Sandra Corveloni (Brazil) in Linha de Passe directed by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
* Prix d’interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes - Benicio del Toro in Che directed by Steven Soderbergh (US)
* Prix du 61ème anniversaire - ex aequo, Catherine Deneuve for Un conte de Noël (France), and Clint Eastwood for Changeling
* Camera d’Or - Steve McQueen for Hunger.

If you still feel strange with the terms, read the Cannes Film Festival first :)

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