The 77th Cannes Film Festival closed this Saturday, May 25, after ten days of film screenings. The Palme d’Or was awarded at the end of a colorful competition.
The Cannes Film Festival launched on May 14. Movie stars, film producers and personalities from all over the world flocked to the famous red carpet and posed in front of the photographers. For the occasion, the actresses once again wore breathtaking outfits and dazzled the audience present to welcome them.
We were able to see international actresses Eva Longoria, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Andie McDowell, as well as the French actresses, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mélanie LaurentJulie Gayet, Judith Godrèche, Virginie Efira and Isabelle Huppert, among others, walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, during the event.
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Closing of the Cannes Film Festival and awarding of prizes
The closing ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival took place this Saturday, May 25. After ten days, the jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig, had watched all the films in competition. And the time to award the prizes had come. The Grand Jury Prize was therefore awarded to the film All we imagine as lightby Payal Kapadia, while Wild fig tree seeds, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof won the Special Jury Prize. The Best Actor Prize was awarded to actor Jesse Plemons, who plays in Kinds of Kindness (directed by Yórgos Lánthimos).
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Approved by the audience at the end of the screening, Emilia Pérez, by Jacques Audiard won the Jury Prize. The entire female cast of this film, which includes Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, was awarded the Best Actress Award. The Screenplay Prize was awarded to the feature film The Substance by Coralie Fargeat. George Lucas, famous director of Star Wars, was awarded a Palme d’Honneur during the ceremony. Find all the attributions on the X account (formerly Twitter) dedicated to the Cannes Film Festival.
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Which film won the Palme d’Or?
And this is the movie Anoradirected by Sean Baker, who won the Palme d’Or of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. “It’s the best gift I could have dreamed of”said director Sean Baker, after receiving his award, reports The Huffington Post. He also dedicated the latter to “all sex workers”our colleagues clarified.
Far from a romantic comedy, the feature film features Ivan, the wealthy and self-confident son of a Russian oligarch. The young hero decides to offer himself the services ofAnora (played by Mikey Madison), a New York stripper, also a sex worker in her spare time. For the young woman, only dollars and luxury clothes count. However, she falls in love with Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn) who decides to marry her on a whim. His father sends his henchmen to annul this marriage. And the film turns into an action film. The release date ofAnora is not yet known.
