France’s Justine Triet wins Cannes Palme d’Or for murder mystery ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
France’s Justine Triet won a richly deserved Palme d’Or on Saturday for her courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”, becoming only the third female director to win cinema’s most prestigious prize.
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Triet’s award capped a thrilling contest that saw a record seven female directors vie for the Palme d’Or, which only two women had previously won – Jane Campion in 1993 and Julia Ducournau in 2021. A gripping psychothriller, “Anatomy of a Fall” starred Sandra Hüller as a successful and fashionable author who stands accused of murdering her husband.
Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest”, an early Palme d’Or favourite, took the second-place Grand Prix award. A chilling look at the idyllic family life of a German officer stationed at the Nazi death camp, it was based on the eponymous novel by Martin Amis, who died midway through the festival.
Aki Kaurismaki’s deadpan comedy “Fallen Leaves”, a favourite of festivalgoers, took the third-place Jury prize.
Among the other awards, French director Tran Anh Hung won the prestigious Best Director honour for “The Pot-au-Feu” (La Passion du Dodin-Bouffant), a tale of middle-age love and culinary delight set – évidemment – in France, reuniting former real-life partners Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel.
The surprise award comes exactly half a century after the ultimate arthouse food-porn movie, Marco Ferreri’s “La Grande Bouffe”, nearly caused a riot on the Croisette.
Japan’s Sakamoto Yuji took Best Screenplay for “Monster”, the latest exploration of dysfunctional families by the 2018 Palme d’Or laureate Hirokazu Kore-eda, while fellow Japanese Koji Yakusho won the Best Actor award for his turn as a Tokyo toilet cleaner in Wim Wenders’ gentle gem “Perfect Days”.
Best Actress went to Merve Dizdar for her part in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s slow-burner “About Dry Grasses”, a school drama about a teacher whose career is imperilled by a sexual abuse charge.
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