Cannes Gives French Film ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Top Prize - American Films Shut Out

Cannes Gives French Film ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’ Top Prize - American Films Shut Out

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TOPLINE The French film Anatomy of a Fall won the festival's top prize on Saturday, while none of the American films that competed received any recognition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which honors foreign films, directors, and actors every year.

The Palme d'Or, granted yearly to the festival's finest picture, was handed to director Justine Triet for her French thriller Anatomy of a Fall, which follows a woman's efforts to establish her innocence in the death of her husband.

The Zone of Interest, directed by British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, won the Grand Prix, which is presented as the second-best picture, while The Pot Au Feu, directed by French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hung, won best director.

For their roles in Perfect Days and About Dry Grasses, respectively, Koji Yakusho and Merve Dizdar won the best actor and best actress awards. Sakamoto Yuji's Monster got the best script.

The festival's "Un Certain Regard" presentation on Friday gave top honors to Molly Manning Walker for her movie How To Have Sex, and Asmae El Moudir won Best Director for her work on The Mother of All Lies. Saturday's awards took place concurrently.

Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City" and Todd Haynes' "May December" were two American entrants in the festival, however, neither won any prizes.

IMPRESSIVE FACT

According to the Los Angeles Times, Triet is the third female director to win the Palme d'Or after Julia Ducournau's triumph for Titane in 2021. Following her 1993 victory for The Piano, Jane Campion was the first to receive the honor.

IMPORTANT HORIZONS

Since 1946, the Cannes Film Festival has been organized, and the jury, which is made up of directors, actors, and other artists, selects the winners. The jury president this year was director Ruben Ostlund, who won the Palme d'Or for Triangle of Sadness last year. Even though only two movies—the Korean film Parasite in 2019 and the 1955 film Marty—have won both the Palme d'Or and Best Picture prizes, the festival is frequently a predictor of future film accolades, including the Oscars.