Cristian Mungiu claimed his second Palme d’Or on the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night time, as “Fjord” introduced Neon its seventh consecutive prime prize from the Croisette.
The win extends a run for the U.S. distributor that has reshaped the trendy Cannes document books. Neon arrived on the 79th version with pre-festival offers already in place on six competitors titles – “All of a Sudden,” “Fjord,” “Hope,” “Paper Tiger,” “Sheep in the Box” and “The Unknown” – giving it six possibilities at persevering with a streak that started with Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” in 2019 and likewise took in Julia Ducournau’s “Titane,” Ruben Östlund’s “Triangle of Sadness,” Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident.”
“Fjord” represents a notable departure for Mungiu, his first movie shot in English and Norwegian quite than his native Romanian. The director’s debut Palme got here in 2007 for “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” which introduced him as a defining voice of the Romanian New Wave.
“Many a great world cinema auteur has come unstuck when venturing farther afield, but in Mungiu’s case, the journey makes perfect sense: So much of his work has been preoccupied with globalization, migration and cultural divides between eastern and western Europe that ‘Fjord’ feels immediately of a piece with his searching, bristling oeuvre, despite its crisp new setting,” wrote Man Lodge, reviewing the film for Variety.
This 12 months’s Cannes competitors jury was chaired by South Korean director Park Chan-wook, with members together with Chloe Zhao, Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård. Tilda Swinton introduced the Palme d’Or on the Grand Théâtre Lumière ceremony.
Elsewhere within the competitors, Lukas Dhont’s WWI drama “Coward” noticed leads Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne share the perfect actor prize. Greatest actress honors had been likewise cut up between Virginie Efira and Japan’s Okamoto Tao, each leads in Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s “All of a Sudden.” Emmanuel Marre took finest screenplay for “A Man of His Time.”
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” took the Grand Prix, whereas Valeska Grisebach’s “The Dreamed Adventure” claimed the jury prize. Greatest director was shared between Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi for “The Black Ball” and Pawel Pawlikowski for “Fatherland.” The Digital camera d’Or for finest first function went to Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo for “Ben’Imana,” with Federico Luis claiming the brief movie Palme d’Or for “For the Opponents.”
The ceremony additionally noticed Barbra Streisand receive an honorary Palme d’Or. Unable to attend as a consequence of a knee damage, Streisand gave her acceptance through video, with Isabelle Huppert presenting the award.
