Friday, October 4, 2024

Cannes Winners Announced: Grand Prize Goes to Holocaust Drama Son of Saul; Palme D’or to Refugee Film;Tie for Best Actress Rooney Mara, Emmanuelle Bercot

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The awards are being announced now. As I predicted on Twitter, Vincent Lindon won Best Actor, Emmanuelle Bercot won Best Actress (tied with Rooney Mara).


“The Lobster” has won the Jury Prize. Rooney Mara, from “Carol” and Emmanuelle Bercot, have tied for Best Actress. Mara co-stars in “Carol” with Cate Blanchett. It’s a Weinstein movie set for December release. Bercot stars in “Mon Roi.” Screenplay to Chronic; First Feature to Colombian Film; Short Film is Waves 98.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien wins #Cannes Best Director Palme for THE ASSASSIN

Grand Prize goes to Son of Saul, a Holocaust drama that will be released in the US by Sony Pictures Classics.

Palme D’or to “Deephan” by Jacques Audiard, a Cannes favorite, for a film about Sri Lankan refugees in Paris.

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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