Cannes Film Festival 2023: Frenchwoman Justine Triet wins the Palme d’Or, Jonathan Glazer the Grand Prix

French filmmakers had been forgotten at the Césars… They have been avenged on the Cannes Film Festival. Three of them had been in competition for the Palme d’Or. And, two years after Julia Ducournau with “Titanium”, it changed into Justine Triet, forty four, who became crowned by way of prevailing the splendid award for “Anatomy of a fall” (in theaters August 23). This exceptional drama dissects the trial of a lady accused of murdering her husband.

On stage, Justine Triet, who had additionally signed the very observed “Victoria” and “Sibyl”, released into a completely political speech. She stated “the historical, extraordinarily effective protest of pension reform”, “shockingly denied”, however also “the commodification of way of life” of a “neoliberal government”. “I commit this prize to all young administrators and to all younger directors,” she said. We need to make room for them, the place I took fifteen years in the past in a slightly much less adverse global, which still taken into consideration it viable to make errors and begin over. »

Words that quickly made the Minister of Culture react on Twitter. “Happy to peer the Palme d’or presented to Justine Triet, the tenth for France! But flabbergasted by his speech so unjust. This film could not have seen the mild of day with out our French movie investment model, which allows for a variety that is particular in the world. Let’s no longer overlook that,” said Rima Abdul-Malak. The filmmaker’s intervention need to absolutely make people react inside the coming days.

The Season of “Fallen Leaves”

Second big winner of this evening, “The Zone of Interest” via Briton Jonathan Glazer received the Grand Prix. This movie, whose theatrical release date has not yet been introduced, tells the bucolic and “paradise” existence of the commander of Auschwitz and his large own family in a residence and a garden adjacent the camp… A chilling function film, wherein the spectator in no way enters inside the awareness camp complex, however hears the sounds of machines, shouts or gunshots.

 

Franco-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung received the Best Director Award with “La Passion de Dodin Bouffant”. In this sluggish and contemplative film, which includes very long kitchen scenes, he recounts the romance between a gastronome and his cook dinner (played with the aid of Benoît Magimel and Juliette Binoche). The filmmaker thanked his wife… “Sorry, I mean, my prepare dinner”, he dropped in an allusion to a reproduction of the movie in theaters on November 8.

“Les Feuilles mortes” through Aki Kaurismaki (released on September 20) won the Jury Prize. The two most important actors of this scrumptious romance among two cripples of existence in a Helskinki packed with gloomy bars and against a heritage of desperate songs went on degree to examine a phrase from the Finnish filmmaker: “Thank you and twist and shout ! (“Scream and dance!”).

Two prizes for Japan

A little in advance, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Monster” gained the Screenplay Prize. This drama, whose release date isn't yet recognized, features Minato, a ten-12 months-old infant, and his mom, with whom he has lived on my own because the demise of his father and who issues whilst she leaves. Notices that his son is suffering at faculty… A fascinating film, which demonstrates that truth is lots more complicated than we think whilst we simplest examine it from a unmarried point of view.

 

Quite logically, the Best Actor Award went to Koji Yashuko, a 67-year-old Japanese actor, with extremely good nuances in “Perfect Days” through Wim Wenders (in theaters November 29). In this contemplative and poetic, quasi-silent portrait, the actor embodies a person who cleans public bathrooms in Tokyo and flourishes in this recurring paintings, the encounters it brings him, studying or taking note of American standards.

The Prize for woman interpretation changed into offered to the Turkish Merve Dizdar, 36, the primary girl function in “Dry Herbs” via Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a dark and tortuous drama of three:17 (launched July 12). The actress plays a trainer who lost her leg in an attack. “I would like to dedicate this award to all of the girls who are preventing to exist in this international,” she said, visibly moved.

The nighttime opened with a burst of laughter elicited by means of Anaïs Demoustier, lovely and humorous in an extended cream-coloured get dressed. “I have the monstrous delight of awarding the Palme d’or…”, stumbled the actress who got here to offer the Camera d’or, a prize which rewards the best first film of all the sections of the Festival. “Not in any respect…I did a Spike Lee!” “, she apologized, in connection with the blunder of the American filmmaker, who had introduced the victory of “Titanium” from the start of the ceremony in 2021. This yr, we needed to wait until the stop of the award ceremony to discover who had gained the Palme d’Or.