Julia Ducournau achieves the prestigious Golden palm from Cannes with the irreverent ‘Titanium’, a film that has not left anyone indifferent. The 74th edition of the most prestigious film festival in the world drew all kinds of headlines and records when it was convened as the first edition after the pandemic, being the edition with the most titles (24), less accredited and a first award for a filmmaker, becoming the second winner of the contest French after Jane Campion. Even for a mistake in the gala of the president of the jury Spike Lee that the winner revealed ahead of time.
A) Yes, Spike Lee was the president of the jury and that with his confusion, by naming the winner’s name point-blank, the festival itself had a new ‘qualification’ to remember a festival of movie. Without further ado, Lee apologized for the disaster he made by busting all intrigue: “I have learned that there is always time for a second chance,” he said.
Choosing la cinta Titanium it has been a step forward for the jury precisely because of the irreverence of the film. Confused or not, the audience could see the tears of Julia Ducournau upon hearing her name. She was seen to shine alongside a night that will take time to forget.
Thus, ‘Drive my car’, by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, appears in the screenplay category. And ‘Memoria’, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, in that of Jury Prize. Also outstanding was the film by the Japanese director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi who best understands the times of love and mourning. Another great premiere was ‘Memoria’, which stayed in the category of the minor jury prize next to ‘Ahed’s Knee’ (Ahed’s knee), by Israeli Nadav Lapid.
Mentions to the actor and the actress were justly for Caleb Landry Jones, for ‘Nitram’, by Justin Kurzel, and for Renate Reinsve, for ‘The worst person in the world’ (The worst person in the world), by Joachim Trier. The omnipresent vocation assists them in both films that begin and end in them, in their faces, in their elemental nudity.
PALMARÉS OF THE COMPETITION
Palma de Oro: ‘Titane’, by Julia Ducournau.
Grand Jury Prize: ‘ex aequo’ for ‘A hero’, by Asghar Farhadi, and ‘Hyutti No. 6’, by Juho Kuosmanen.
Jury Prize: ‘ex aequo’ for ‘Memoria’, by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and ‘Ha’berech’, by Nadav Lapid.
Best Direction: Leos Carax, for ‘Annette’.
Best Actress: Renate Reinsve, by ‘The World’s Worst Man’.
Best Actor: Caleb Landry Jones, for ‘Nitram’.
Best Screenplay: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Oe Takamasa, for ‘Drive My Car’.
Golden Camera: ‘Murina’, by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic.
International Critics Award: ‘Drive My Car’, by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
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