Cannes 2009: Palme d’Or Favorites

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Andre Dussollier, Sabine Azema in Wild Grass
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet by Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke
Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star

Palme d’Or 2009, Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize:

Alain Resnais‘ romantic fantasy Wild Grass (adapted by Alex Reval and Laurent Herbiet from Christian Gailly’s novel), about a man who becomes intrigued by a younger woman

Jacques Audiard’s tough prison drama A Prophet (written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, and Nicolas Peufaillit)

Writer-director Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about a northern German community enmeshed in a series of nasty events right before the beginning of World War I

Writer-director Jane Campion’s Bright Star, about the doomed love affair between British poet John Keats and his neighbor, Fanny Brawne

 

Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes

 


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