The most awaiting date, the awarding!!!! BEST OF

Strong moments

Diane Kruger presents the ceremony of closure Festival

The gold Palm is decreed in Cristian Mungiu for 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days

The film of Denys Arcand, the Age of darkness, closes this 60e edition

The knight being used as Carole Bouquet is different… only his son! The actress, longiligne in her blue satin dress harms, came to give the Great Price.

Clotilde Courau, wraps of it Yves SAINT LAURENT out of cream-coloured silk and black satin long-line bra, comes to give with the president of the jury of the Camera of gold, Pavel Lounguine, the Price of the gold Camera.

“The gold Palm of short-measuring is allotted to Elisa Miller for Ver Llover.” It is the actress Marina Hands who gave this price, decreed by the president of the jury of short-measuring and Cinéfondation Jia Zhangke, with the Mexican prize winner.

The jury unanimously decreed the Price of the gold Camera to the couple of Israeli realizers Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen, for their Meduzot film, presented at the international Week of criticism. Extremely moved, Etgar Keret – which had not carried a costume since its bar-mitsva! – could not read its text and simply declared: “All that I can say, it is: “Thank you very much.”

The Mexican Carlos Reygadas seems to be happiest of the men after having received, ex-aequo with Persepolis, the Price of the jury for his film, quiet Lumière. Any smile, it holds up its victory a such trophy and declares: “I did not await any price in particular. I was ready nothing to gain or with all to gain… ”

The Russian actor Konstantin Lavronenko could not come to seek his Price of male interpretation. It is thus the realizer of film the Banishment, Andreï Zviaguintsev, which thanked for him the members for the jury. Actor of theatre, Konstantin Lavronenko started his cinematographic career at 42 years and appeared already in the credits of preceding film of Andreï Zviaguintsev, the Return.

Victory! The American realizer Julian Schnabel holds up his price proudly: that of the Setting in scene for the Diving-suit and the Butterfly, a dramatic film made in the USA, but with the casting 100 % French. The realizer thanked besides his producer, Jon Kilik: “He is the only person who wanted that I make this French film, besides myself”

The German realizer of Turkish extraction Fatih Akin received the Price of the scenario for his film, other side. Like the precedent, Head One, Bear of gold in Berlin in 2004, this made film of many return tickets between Germany and Turkey. Fatih Akin held besides, at the time of its speech of thanks, to address a special message for Turkey: “Because there is a vote on July 22. There are necessary to remain plain, if not we will fall ”

Sequence emotion! That of the handing-over of the Price of female interpretation, by Alain Delon, with the Korean actress Jeon C-yeon for her role in Sunshine Secrecy, of Lee Chang-dong. The young woman, who took part for the first time in a foreign festival, knew to communicate her great joy with the assistance through a particularly touching speech of thanks.

Gus Van Sant, the winner of the gold 2003 Palm for Elephant, was seen again rewarded by the jury for the Festival by gaining the Price for the 60e birthday. Its last film, Paranoid Park, turned with young nonprofessional actors resulting from the medium of the skate-board, will leave to France on September 5.

The director Japanese woman Naomi Kawase received hands of Carole Bouquet the Great Price of this 60e edition of the Festival of Cannes. Its film, the Forest of Mogari, an account intimist treating of the question of mourning, allured the jury unanimously. This Cannes-native price is the second for Naomi Kawase, which gained the gold Camera in 1997 for its film, Moe No suzaku.

And winner is……..
Cristian Mungiu, which gained the gold Palm for its second feature film 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days. The Rumanian realizer does not return and declares from there, at the time of his speech of thanks: “For me, it is a little like a fairy tale. One year ago, we did not think of this project. Six months ago, we did not have money to carry it out. And then, finally. “