Julia Ducournau's Titane wins Palme d'Or at 74th Cannes Film Festival
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Julia Ducournau's 'Titane' received the Palme d'Or at the 74th Cannes International Film Festival on Saturday evening. The Grand Prix of the festival was recognized ex aequo by Asghar Farhadi for ‘A Hero’ and Juho Kuosmanen for ’Compartment No. 6’.
In the race for the Palme d'Or, ‘Titane’ defeated 23 productions, including ‘Three Floors’ by Nanni Moretti, ‘Petrov's Flu’ by Kiriłła Sieriebriennikov, ‘Everything Went Fine’ by François Ozon, ‘Flag Day’ by Sean Penn, ‘Annette’ by Leos Carax and ‘The French Dispatch’ by Wes Anderson.
During the Saturday awards gala, which took place at the Grand Theater Lumière, the French director thanked the entire team and the jury.
"When I was little, I liked to watch the closing galas of the Cannes festival. Back then I was sure that all the winning films were perfect because they were shown on this stage. Tonight I am on this stage. I know my film is not perfect, but I think no movie is perfect in the eyes of whoever made it. Now that I am an adult making movies myself, I realize that perfection is sometimes scary in the eyes of the makers. It is weakness and strength. It is so beautiful. , emotions, freedoms that cannot be closed in the usual patterns. Thank you very much to the jury. With this award you have shown that you can also show a different world in films," she said.
(PAP)
