Mathieu Amalric's On Tour (top); Yun Junghee in Lee Chang-dong's Poetry (middle); Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sanchez Parra in Michael Rowe's Leap Year (lower middle); Serge Avedikian's Barking Island (bottom)
Juliette Binoche, Javier Bardem, Elio Germano Win Acting Awards: Cannes 2010
Mathieu Amalric, best known for his work as an actor in films such as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and A Christmas Tale, won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Director award for Tournée / On Tour — that in addition to its surprising International Critics' Prize victory. On Tour received its share of negative reviews when it opened near the beginning of the festival.
In the film, Amalric plays the manager of a troupe of American burlesque strippers touring France.
The screenplay award went to Lee Chang-dong for the South Korean drama Poetry, in which a grandmother (Yun Junghee) facing the onset of Alzheimer's begins to see life anew after she enrolls in a poetry class.
The Camera d'Or award for a first-time filmmaker went to Michael Rowe's Año bisiesto / Leap Year. Co-written by Rowe and Lucia Carreras, the Mexico City-set romantic/sex drama stars Monica del Carmen as a lonely woman who has set up a date with fate and Gustavo Sánchez Parra as the man who is willing to help her out.
Serge Avedikian's Chienne d'histoire / Barking Island won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film. Frida Kempff's Micky Bader / Bathing Micky was given the Jury Prize.
Photos: Cannes Film Festival
I also like to make poems and read lots of books that is related to Poetry.";~
Barry,
That info is available in the film's synopsis right here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1537401/
At one of the most visited sites on the planet.
But I'll fidget with the description a bit, just in case.
Do you think you could change your comments about the story of ano bisiesto/ Leap Year? Other reviews have alluded to what the main character has planned for Feb 29, but have restisted stating what it is. You give away the realisation/twist that drives the story. For me, the surprise has now gone and i know the end before i see the film.