"The Triangle of Grief" reaps the Palme d'Or
Shocking film wins top prize at Cannes
In the film, Robin Ostlund offers a scathing critique of capitalism and its excesses.
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The Triangle of Sadness, directed by Swedish director Robin Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival.
"When we started making this movie, we had one I think, which was to try to make a really interesting movie for the audience, and provide thought-provoking content," Ostlund said.
In the film, the director offers a scathing critique of capitalism and its excesses in Western societies that pay great attention to appearances.
"The Triangle of Grief" tells the adventures of Yaya and Karl, two models and influencers in social networks, who spend a luxury vacation on a cruise ship, but their journey turns into disaster.
This work, which appears to be the opposite version of "Titanic", in which the most vulnerable are not necessarily the losers, depicts ironically the social inequalities, between rich and poor as well as between men and women or between whites and blacks.
The Swedish director, who was raised by his communist mother, and who describes himself as a "socialist", said he did not fall into the trap of "presenting the rich as evil", preferring to "understand their behaviour".
The head of the festival's jury, actor Vincent Landon, admitted that "the whole committee was shocked by this film."
The scenes of mass vomiting on board the ship, caused by the exhaustion of all the passengers during a dinner party on the tottering ship, or the aphorisms battle between the communist captain and a Russian oligarch, stuck in the memory of the viewers of the film.
The Festival de Cannes also announced that the films “Close” (Near), which revolves around friendship and masculinity, by Belgian director Lucas Daunt, and “Stars at Noon” (Stars at Noon), which was shot in modern Nicaragua by French director Claire Donet, won the grand prize of the jury.
The jury prize also went to two films: “The Eight Mountains” by Belgian directors Felix van Groningen and Charlotte Vandermerch, and “EO” by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, which deals with the life of a donkey born in a circus in Poland.
"Thank you, my donkey," Skolimovsky said in his acceptance speech.
South Korean star Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor award for his role in "Broker" (The Realtor).
South Korean director Park Chan-wook won the best director award for his romantic thriller "Decision to Leave."
French actress Carole Bouquet announced a surprise award on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Cannes Festival.
It was awarded to the two Belgian directors, Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, for the film "Torre and Lucita".
In its 75th session, the festival resumed its traditional program after the disruptions of the Corona pandemic over two years, and the last session witnessed the return of parties, and they were not allowed last year, due to strict “Covid-19” protocols.
"Zar" .. the best actress
• Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi won the best actress award for her role as a journalist who tracks down a serial killer in the movie “Holy Spider” (The Holy Spider).
Zar was visibly moved. "Maybe my presence here tonight is just a message, especially for Iranian women," she said during a press conference right after the festival, when asked about what appeared to be feelings of support for her on social media that she said she had not seen.
The winning Swedish film looks more like a remake of "Titanic."
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