PARIS, May 28 (Xinhua) – Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s film Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d’Or, highest award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival this Saturday.
Triangle of Sadness is a movie where a couple, invited to a luxury cruise with super-rich passengers, ended up on a desert island after a storm. The hierarchy is suddenly turned upside down, as the housekeeper from the yacht is the only one who knows how to fish.
The festival jury awarded the Grand Prix to two films, Close directed by Lukas Dhont and Stars at Noon directed by Claire Denis.
The jury prize was also awarded jointly to EO under the direction of Jerzy Skolimowski, and Le Otto Montagne, under the direction of Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen.
Best Director was awarded Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave, while Best Screenplay was awarded to Tarik Saleh for Boy From Heaven.
Zar Amir Ebrahimi from the movie Holy Spider won the award for best actress, and Song Kang-ho from the South Korean film Broker won the award for best actress.
This year, 21 films have been selected to compete for the Palme d’Or.
Source: sn.dk