Swedish film ‘Triangle of Sadness’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

Cannes: Swedish director Ruben Östlund on Saturday won his second Palme d’Or for his satirical comedy, ‘Triangle of Sadness’, a riveting story of two models marooned on a remote island with a group of billionaires, at the 75th Cannes film festival.
French actor Vincent Lindon, President of the competition jury, which included actor Deepika Padukone, announced the winner of the festival’s top honor at a glittering closing ceremony tonight.
Östlund won the Palme d’Or for the first time in 2017 for ‘Square’, a satire on the fashion industry.
There was no Indian film in the prestigious competition section of the Cannes festival this year.
The last Indian movie to compete for the Palme d’Or was Malayalam director Shaji N Karun’s ‘Swaham’ in 1994.
Among the 21 films vying for the Palme d’Or this year were Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s ‘R.M.N.’, American filmmaker Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Showing Up’ and Canadian director David Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes of the Future’.
French director Julia Ducournau’s ‘Titane’ won the Palme d’Or last year.
The Grand Prix, the second biggest prize after the Palme d’Or, was shared by ‘Stars at Noon’ by French filmmaker Claire Denis and ‘Close’ by Beligan director Lukas Dhont.
Belgian filmmaker-brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne won the 75th (anniversary) Award for the refugee drama, ‘Tori and Lokita’.
The Best Direction prize was bagged by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook for the mystery thriller, ‘Decision to Leave’.
The Jury Prize was shared by ‘EO’, a film about the world seen through the eyes of a donkey by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, and ‘The Eight Mountains’ by Belgian directors Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch shot in Italy and Nepal.
South Korean actor Song Kang-ho was adjudged the Best Actor for his role in ‘Broker’ directed by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, shot in Busan, South Korea.
Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the Best Actress award for her performance as a journalist investigating the serial killings of sex workers in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad in ‘Holy Spider’ by Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi.
The award for the Best Screenplay was bagged by Swedish director Tarik Saleh for ‘Boy From Heaven’ set in Cairo, Egypt about a ruthless power struggle between the religious and political elite.
The Camera d’Or award for the Best First Feature Film of a director went to American filmmakers Riley Keough and Gina Gammell for ‘War Pony’ in Un Certain Regard section. The Camera d’Or jury headed by Spanish actress Rossy de Palma presented a Special Distinction to Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa for ‘Plan 75’, also part of Un Certain Regard section. (UNI)