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Published: 10:45, May 28, 2023 | Updated: 11:55, May 29, 2023
French female director wins Palme d'Or at 76th Cannes Film Festival
By Xinhua
Published:10:45, May 28, 2023 Updated:11:55, May 29, 2023 By Xinhua

The official poster featuring actress Catherine Deneuve from the film La Chamade is pictured on the facade of the Palais des Festivals ahead of the Cannes film festival, in Cannes, southern France, May 15, 2023. (PHOTO / INVISION / AP)

PARIS - French director Justine Triet was awarded with the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival for her Anatomy of a Fall on Saturday in Cannes, France, becoming the third female director winning this top prize.

After Sibyl in 2019, Anatomy of a Fall is Triet's second feature film chosen by the festival to compete for Palme d'Or.

In the award-winning film, Triet tries to expose the social prejudice that many independent women are facing by telling the story of a German writer who tried to prove her innocence after being accused of killing her husband.

In a press conference after the closing ceremony, the president of the jury, Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, said that Anatomy of a Fall was very "intense," and it was what the cinema should be like.

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Swedish director and President of the Jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival Ruben Ostlund poses during a photocall in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

It was also a big night for Asian filmmakers. The Best Director was given to Franco-Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung, while Best Screenplay was awarded to the film Monster directed by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won the award for Best Actor, and Turkish actress Merve Dizdar was the winner of Best Actress.

British director Jonathan Glazer's film The Zone of Interest was the second most important prize of the festival, the Grand Prix.

Japanese director Kore-Eda Hirokazu (center) poses with cast members during a photocall for the film Kaibutsu (Monster) which will compete for the Palme d'Or during the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 18, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

The Jury Prize was awarded to Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.

READ MORE: Highlights of 76th edition of Cannes Film Festival

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicked off on May 16 with 21 films selected to compete for the Palme d'Or.  


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