Tag Archives: Cannes 2010
Palme d’Or: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Grand Prix: Of Gods and Men Best Actor: Javiery Bardem, Biutiful AND Ellio Germano for La Nostra Vita Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, Copie Conforme Screenplay: Poetry by Lee Chang-dong¬†(great choice!) Director: Mathieu Almaric for Tournee or The Tour Jury Prize: Un Homme de Crie – A Screaming man Short...
Spain’s leading newspaper is reporting that Javier Bardem has won Best Actor for his performance in Biutiful. ¬†Manuel translates for us: It says: ‚ÄúBardem conquers the Croisette. He won the Best Male Performance award. The jury has recognized him for his role in the film Biutiful, by Gonz√°lez I√±√°rritu‚Äù. I read the whole article, it appears...
I just can’t, for the life of me, manage to predict these. ¬†For one thing, I didn’t see everything, but for another thing – it’s such a toss-up. ¬†There is no way to predict it. ¬†Guy, over at InContention, does a good job laying out why it’s so hard to predict and then offers these up (but his write-up is also worth a read). ¬†His...
I didn’t find out about this petition until a few days ago, but Steve Pond at The Wrap covered it. ¬†They have a Facebook group, which reads: To: The Organisers of the Cannes Film Festival As people who care about and are interested in films we must protest the lack of female directors in competition for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Women make up over half...
One of the big head-scratchers for me at Cannes, it being my first time and all, was the vastly different opinions offered up on Biutiful. I still find it one of the great mysteries that I seemed to have watched an entirely different film from most of the louder critics writing from Cannes. I simply can’t understand how they could remain not only unmoved —...
