You are viewing the archive: “Palme d’Or”

Cannes: ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’ Wins Palme D’Or; Coen Brothers Take Grand Prize; Bérénice Bejo, Bruce Dern Nab Acting Kudos

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Sunday May 26, 2013 @ 10:13am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Palme d'Or

Refresh for latest…

Steven Spielberg‘s jury is handing out the awards for the 66th Cannes Film Festival this evening in the Palais. There have been some stand-out favorites over the past two weeks, while many films have divided critics. We’re following the ceremony live, and Deadline’s awards columnist Pete Hammond will be chiming in after the proceedings with analysis and comments from the jury. See below for the full list of winners:

Palme d’Or
Blue Is The Warmest Color, dir: Abdellatif Kechiche

Grand Prize
Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen

Best Director
Amat Escalante, Heli

Jury Prize
Like Father, Like Son, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda

Best Screenplay
Zhangke Jia, A Touch Of Sin

Best Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Past

Best Actor
Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Camera d’Or
Ilo Ilo, dir: Anthony Chen

Short Film
Safe, dir: Byoung-Gon Moon
Special mention: 37°4 S, dir: Adriano Valerio
Whale Valley dir: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson

Comments (16)

Hammond On Cannes: Suspense Builds To Sunday’s Palme D’Or And Acting Winners

By PETE HAMMOND | Saturday May 25, 2013 @ 1:45pm PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Palme d'Or, Steven Spielberg
Pete Hammond

We are at the end of a long Cannes, and jury members have had the opportunity to see all 20 films in the main competition. But who wins the Palme d’Or? I have learned  that jury president Steven Spielberg has specifically instructed his colleagues to remain tight-lipped and not provide any clues. Cannes juries anyway are notoriously hard to predict and critical reaction through the festival doesn’t necessarily mean anything. But, jumping into the shark-infested waters of predictions, I would say frontrunners for the Palme d’Or are likely Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s stunning The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Color (thanks to buzz), and possibly Iranian director  Asghar Farhardi’s The Past which was shot in Paris and mostly in French. I also would throw in the wonderfully heartfelt Japanese entry Like Father, Like Son, a truly moving film from director Kore-Eda Hirokazu. It’s a long-shot but human emotion goes a long way with juries. I could have picked J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost with a virtuoso performance from Robert Redford but for some reason it was shown out of competition and not eligible. Otherwise it would have been in the top tier of contenders. Watch for a possible sleeper with the  Chinese entry (their first in a few years) ,A Touch Of Sin  from director Jia Zhangke who is overdue. Reaction was mixed overall  to the overlong four-segment story that examines China today warts and all in some cases. Plus it has some pretty extreme violence. But he could win a prize as a statement supporting more honest and open China filmmaking which this seems to represent. Further down the list  are Alexander Payne’s Nebraska and James Gray’s beautifully realized period piece The Immigrant, at least in terms of Palme d’Or buzz for both very American directors. The wild card is likely Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra since he said it’s his last film for the forseeable future. But that could be hampered by the fact it premieres on HBO in the U.S. tomorrow and most think it is more likely to win for its acting, specifically Michael Douglas.

The last three days of the festival saw the sun come out on the Croisette and the quality of films particularly impressive. High profile contenders holding premieres included Nebraska, The Immigrant, and the much touted by critics 3-hour French teen lesbian drama Blue Is The Warmest Color. Followed by Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Roman Polanski’s Venus In Fur had its official premiere Saturday night. This entertaining French language adaptation of the hit Broadway play stars his wife Emmanuelle Seigner in an actress audition that turns into a sexual game of cat and mouse with her director portrayed by Mathieu Amalric (who looks uncannily like a younger Polanski – likely on purpose).

The acting categories will provide the most Solomon-like decisions for the jury. Michael Douglas may receive a prize alone or add his equally fine co-star Matt Damon. The actor race is impossibly crowded and also includes the magnificent Toni Servillo of Great Beauty, Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruce Dern and Will Forte of Nebraska, and Amalric of Venus In Fur. And if the jury is watching closely there’s a truly moving performance from Masaharu Fukuyama as the flawed parent in Like Father, Like Son. I would also give a shout-out to the excellent Souleymane Deme as Grigris in a film that didn’t get a lot of traction. On the women’s side, Adele  Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux could be honored together or apart for brave and explicit work in Blue Is The Warmest Color. Read More »

Comments (1)

Cannes Finale: The Jury Talks And Hammond’s Analysis Of The Winners

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday May 27, 2012 @ 3:21pm PDTTags: Amour, Big Deals Film, Cannes Film Festival, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Haneke, Palme d'Or
Pete Hammond

It’s all over now, and really all over at Cannes for the American contingent of five competition entries plus English-language films like Walter Salles’ On The Road and David Cronenberg’s not-well-received Robert Pattinson starrer Cosmopolis. The Cannes Jury led by italian actor-director Nanni Moretti has spoken and Americans hoping for a repeat of last year when the single U.S. entry, The Tree Of Life actually won the Palme d’Or, are crying in their french onion soup. At the post-awards press conference American jury member Alexander Payne was asked if he thought the ‘Americannes’ snub said anything about the overall quality of the country’s movies. He snapped back that one festival does not speak for the state of cinema in any one country.

Related: Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Takes Palme d’Or; ‘Beyond The Hills’ Wins Screenplay, Actress Nods

The closest thing to a film American audiences won’t need subtitles for is Ken Loach’s wonderful The Angels’ Share which is set in Glasgow and features accents so thick the filmmaker decided to add English subtitles. It is also the only comedy to take a prize as the jury mainly favored some of the more dour, serious-minded films in the race. Cannes juries often do that. Backstage Loach was elegant when he said his film shows solidarity with all those in Europe who resist austerity and believe “another world, a better world is possible”.

Related: ‘Mud’: Did Cannes Save One Of The Best For Last?

There’s also one head-scratcher just about every year and this year it’s a beheaded scratcher, Post Tenebras Lux from Mexico’s Carlos Reygadas in which a man rather remarkably manages to twist off his head using only his hands. There’s also a pointless orgy scene thrown in but even its defenders are hard-pressed to say what this film is about. So of course they gave him a major prize, Best Director. At the press conference at least two of the jurors strongly defended the film. They were so convincing they had me believing that I must have seen a different film. Read More »

Comments 32

CANNES: Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Takes Palme d’Or; ‘Beyond The Hills’ Wins Screenplay, Actress Nods

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday May 27, 2012 @ 10:28am PDTTags: Amour, Big Deals Film, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Palme d'Or
Pete Hammond

Michael Haneke’s Amour today took the Palme d’Or prize for Best Film at the finale to this year’s Cannes Film Festival. A hugely popular win at today’s ceremony as well as its premiere, the intimate drama about an elderly couple … Read More »

Comments (6)

CANNES: Hammond Analysis, Jury Explains Their Vote, Winners Talk

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 3:03pm PDTTags: Awards, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Jude Law, Kirsten Dunst, Palme d'Or, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, The Tree of Life
Pete Hammond

CANNES AWARD SHOCKER: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ Wins Palme d’Or

In the end, it was the movie that has been the most talked about over the past two Cannes Film Festivals, so it was probably preordained, even in … Read More »

Comments (9)

CANNES AWARDS SHOCKER: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ Wins Palme d’Or

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 10:33am PDTTags: Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Jean Dujardin, Kirsten Dunst, Nicolas Winding Refn, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, Palme d'Or, Poliss, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Pete Hammond

Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which just handed out its awards. The reclusive director did not attend the ceremony, and the award was picked up by producers Bill Pohlad … Read More »

Comments 172