Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke’s ‘Love’ wins Palme d’Or

The festival jury awarded the second-place Grand Prize to Matteo Garrone’s
Italian satire “Reality,” the story of a Naples fishmonger
obsessed with reality TV, while Ken Loach’s whiskey-tasting comedy “The
Angels’ Share” won the third-place Jury Prize.

Loach said the prize for his film about the struggles of a group of unemployed
Glasgow youth proved that “cinema is not just an entertainment. It
shows us who we are.”

Carlos Reygadas was named best director for his surrealism-tinged story of a
Mexican family, “Post Tenebras Lux.”

Acting prizes went to Mads Mikkelsen as a man ostracised by his small-town
community when he is accused of child abuse in “The Hunt,” and
jointly to Cristina Flutur and Cosmina Stratan for Romanian movie “Beyond
the Hills.”

Cristian Mungiu’s drama of love and faith in a remote Romanian monastery also
won the award for best screenplay.

Benh Zeitli’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild” won the Camera d’Or for
best first film.

The festival is wrapping up Sunday in the French Riviera resort.

The prize-winners were chosen by a jury, led by Italian director Nanni
Moretti, that included actors Ewan McGregor and Diane Kruger, director
Alexander Payne and fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.

The 12-day festival has seen plenty of glamour, with the likes of Brad Pitt,
Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart appearing both on-screen
and on the red carpet.

Source: AP

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