With the Palme d'Or for "Titane", by the French Julia Ducournau, the jury of the Cannes Film Festival has decided to reward a radical and violent film, which will not fail to divide.
More generally, the winners mainly focus on films for discerning cinephiles.
ANALYSIS
After ten days of competition, we finally know the winners of the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
On Saturday evening, the French Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or for her film
Titanium
, becoming the second woman to win this award, 28 years after Jane Campion.
The choice of the jury chaired by Spike Lee therefore focused on the most disturbing and violent work of the selection, all within a very cinephile prize list.
"Titanium", a visceral and disturbing work
Because from the Palme d'Or to the jury prize, through the staging prizes, these are interesting, but cutting-edge films that have won awards.
La Palme came back to
Titane
, therefore, film about body abuse and the genre banned at least 16 years old.
It is a work that we love or hate.
There is no middle ground, as he is visceral and mistreats the body.
The director's debut,
Grave,
told a story of cannibalism at a veterinary school and premiered at Critics' Week 5 years ago, where it had already caused a stir.
Beyond the award for the film, it is also a very political award that the jury gave.
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The jury prize was won by
Memoria
, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the story of a young woman who seeks to understand where she comes from this great boom that she heard, magnificent and dreamlike but with history hardly understandable.
The Thai filmmaker's film is tied with
Ahed's Knee,
in which an Israeli filmmaker fights for cultural and political freedom, but with a chaotic staging to say the least.
Without forgetting the price of the scenario to the very beautiful
Drive my car
, of the Japanese Hamaguchi, on the mourning and the creation.
A very beautiful film, but it lasts more than three hours.
"A hero", the most affordable film
Finally, you have to look to the interpretation prices to find more affordable films, including
Julie in 12 chapters,
on the story of this thirty-something who does not want children and seeks above all to remain free. The Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve was awarded for this strong role, as Caleb Landry Jones in the actors for his role in
Nitram
, in the skin of this young Australian who killed 35 people in 1996.
The price for the staging goes to Leos Carax and his
Annette
, carried by Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. Finally, the most affordable award-winning film is arguably that of Iranian Ashgar Farhadi, Grand Prix for
A Hero
, the story of a man crushed by the administration and the Iranian media system.