THE PALMARES OF CANNES WITH THE PALME D'OR

FOR ANATOMY OF A FALL

The closing ceremony was, as on May 16, orchestrated by Chiara Mastroianni. Among the beautiful emotional moments of this year, the amazed face, the wide eyes and the feverishness of Merve Dizdar, rewarded for her role in Les Herbes secs, but also the standing ovation for the legendary American director Roger Corman, introduced by Quentin Tarantino. In terms of speeches, Jane Fonda distinguished herself by a refreshing speech and took advantage of her platform to recall a few truths: in 1963, the date of her first appearance at the Festival, no woman was nominated in competition and no one cared about it. “You have to celebrate change when it happens,” she said, with seven female directors in competition.

The Palme d'Or goes to Anatomy of a Fall

a very great film, where Justine Triet suddenly took a huge step forward in her art. After, already, disheveled portraits of women who were just as disheveled (The Battle of Solferino, Victoria and Sybil), the filmmaker, 10 years after her debut, tells the story of a writer, played with by the disturbing l German actress Sandra Hüller (double honored this evening, since she is also on the bill, in the role of the wife of Rudolf Höss, of The Zone of Interest, of Jonathan Glazer, Grand Jury Prize), accused of the murder of her husband found his head bleeding at the foot of their Savoyard chalet.

The reactions of the heroine, an annoying and icy woman interpreted by the sublime Sandra Hüller, are analyzed with great acuity by a filmmaker specializing in female portraits who notably revealed Virginie Efira. Sandra Hüller plays "a character who assumes her freedom, her sexuality, her life choices. She looks strong and that makes her suspicious", describes the director. "I have always made films around women. This time, it's someone who is not easy to understand".

Anatomy of a Fall, whose screenplay was co-written by the director and her companion, actor and director Arthur Harari, is based on a cerebral and meticulous deconstruction of the mechanisms of the couple and of justice.

"I had really wanted to redo a trial film for a long time (since the film "Victoria" in 2016 Editor's note). I was even hesitant to make a series of it. questions of the couple, of living together. For "Anatomy of a fall", I was fascinated by the Amanda Knox affair "

From the police investigation to the trial that follows, Anatomy of a Fall is above all the implacable dissection of a couple in disintegration, unbalanced when the success of one provokes resentment in the other, all seen by the paradoxical gaze of their visually impaired child.

A story that remains obscure and undecidable until the end.

"It's perhaps the most intimate film I've made," explains the filmmaker on stage.

Winners of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Palme d'Or

Anatomy of a fall, worn by Sandra Hüller by Justine Triet

Short Film Palme d'Or

Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter receives a special mention for Far and Flóra Anna Buda receives the

The Golden Camera:

The Golden Butterfly Tree of An Pham Thien.

Best Actor Award

Koji Yakusho is singled out for his lead role in Perfect Days, Wim Wenders.

Best Actress Award

Turkish actress Merve Dizdar for her role in Dry Herbs by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Script Award

The prize is awarded to Yūji Sakamoto for Monster, by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Jury Prize

Dead leaves by Aki Kaurismäki.

Best Director Award: Tran Anh Hung for La passion de Dodin Bouffant

Grand Prize

The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer.