And the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival goes to… ‘Anatomy d’un chute’, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, written by French director Justin Truitt. Triet delivered a very political speech in which he criticized Emmanuel Macron’s government and his pension reform, also denouncing that neoliberal policies had perpetuated the so-called ‘French cultural exception’.
She is the third woman to win the festival’s top prize
“I cannot come here and receive an award without bearing witness and considering what is happening in society. This year we experienced something truly extraordinary. The rebellion in the streets made a great impression on me , even though I was working, and not so much in action, it’s something that impressed me a lot and I couldn’t stay away from it,” said French director Justin Truitt.
Sandra Hüller, the face of an actress who marks this edition of Cannes
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ or the suspicious death of a man who falls from the window of his house in the French Alps, leaving only his wife and blind son.
The film stars the German actress Sandra Hüller, who was considered by everyone to be the winner of the female performance award, and who, even without taking the cake, is one of the faces that have marked this edition of Cannes.
“Area of ​​Interest” Wins Grand Jury Prize
The great favorite was “The Zone of Interest” by British Jonathan Glazer, which impressed Cannes with its description of the daily life of an Auschwitz commandant and his family in an idyllic house full of flowers, behind the walls of which were the screams of the Jews. Massacred by the Nazis. He did not leave empty-handed and took the Grand Jury Prize, the second most important in the list of winners.
The circumstance is that the protagonist in both films is the German Sandra Hüller, whom everyone believes to be the winner of the Best Female Debut award, but Cannes rules prevent a film from winning two awards if it has won La Palma or the Grand Jury Prize.
