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The Winners of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival Are...
 Christina Rebuffet-Broadus - National Examiner
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Presided by Isabelle Hupert, the 2009 Cannes Film Festival jury has just awarded the prizes for this year's festival. Master of ceremonies Edouard Baer opened the gala with a speech that seemed a tad improvised, but spiced with enough humorous or absurd expressions to keep the audience in comic suspense.
Once Isabell Adjani awarded the Cam้ra d'Or (for best first film) to Warwick Thorton's Samson and Delilah, the president and jury arrived to present the awards.
So without any further adue, the winners of the the 62nd Cannes film festival are...
Le Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haeke. Isabelle Huppert presented Mr. Haeke with the Palme d'Or. Haeke won the 2001 Grand Prix du Jury for The Pianist starring...Isabelle Huppert.
Le grand prix du jury: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard.
Best director: Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza
Best screenplay: Spring Fever by Lou Ye.
Best actress went to Charlotte Gainsbourg for her role in Lars Von Trier's Antichrist. Despite bitter criticism that both the film and the actress received during its showing earlier in the festival. During her acceptance speech, Gainsbourg especially thanked her mother, British singer and actress Jane Birkin, who acted as her confidante during shooting. And with a touching "I hope you're proud of me," Gainsbourg also thanked her dad, the late Serge Gainsbourg, who himself was quite the controversial, if musically genial, figure in his time.
Best actor went to Christoph Waltz for his role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds. Visibly moved by the prize and (somewhat) true to his character, Waltz gave his speech in French, English, and German.
And so closes the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, with yet another Palme d'Or-less Pedro Almodovar. Although Almodovar's films have always been critically acclaimed, he has yet to win Cannes' highest prize. As they say, there's always next time.
If you liked this article, you're sure to also enjoy a little controversy with Crisis at the Cannes Film Festival? And, for a cinematic flash back, why not see how things were predicted to turn out when the festival opened?
For more information, visit the official web site of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
Christina Rebuffet-Broadus is a National Examiner. You can see Christina's articles on Christina's Home Page. |
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