One full of adrenaline, for Cristian Mungiu's second Palme d'Or, entered in the club of 10, with Fjord. Here is the list of the 9: Francis Ford Coppola, Bille August, Emir Kusturica, Shōhei Imamura, brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Michael Haneke, Ken Loach and Ruben Oslund.
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For the spiciness that made the rounds of the Internet, Cristian kissed Tilda Swinton's hand (and also Renata's, on the red carpet), who in turn made the reciprocal gesture, a form of absolute respect. What fewer people remembered was a similar story, 30 years ago, also in Cannes, when Vanessa Paradis kissed the hand of Jeanne Moreau, whose song she had performed, as a well-deserved tribute. Briefly about the other awards, so that we have an overview of who the contenders were. Korean Park Chan-wook, the president of the jury, chose for several sections, ex-aequo, and spoke in English, pronouncing Mungiu's name flawlessly.
In terms of directing, two of my favorites, Black Ball (already bought by Independenza Film), from Spain, about the poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca and a secret he didn't know, signed by two Javiers: Calvo and Ambrossi, and Fatherland (acquired by Transilvania Film) by the Polish Oscar winner Paweł Pawlikowski, about another famous writer, Thomas Mann, holder of a Nobel Prize.
For the best actresses: Virgine Efira and Tao Okamoto, from the Japanese film Hamaguchi Ryusuke: All of a Sudden, remarkable (also brought by Independenta, in Romania).
Grand Prix (although, before the festival began, it was rumored that he would take the trophy, or Almodóvar, who has never received it yet): Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur, which had a message of peace, in Russian, simultaneously translated on stage, for Putin, which, however, he did not mention explicitly.
Best screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, based on his grandfather's story: A Man of His Time, in which many saw an allusion to the present day, to the relationship between the one who has power, sometimes how little, and the one who doesn't.
Jury Prize: Valeska Grisebach, for Dream Adventure, with happenings in a world that is sometimes frighteningly underworld (I know it sounds bizarre), on the border between Bulgaria and Turkey.
For male performance, and a duo: Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne from Lukas Dhont's Coward, about a crazy love, on the front of the First World War.
We are already waiting for the 80th edition, which will be around the same time as the elections of the new French president. Will Bollore, the billionaire who owns Canal+, among many others, and is a far-right sympathizer, be booed again? Will the current mayor of Cannes run? Mystery and not much.
From the scene, correspondent passionate about the 7th Art, Irina-Margareta Nistor
