Palme d’Or for Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke earned his first Palme d’Or prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival today for The White Ribbon. The Austrian film follows a children’s choir in northern Germany before the start of WWI. I don’t know who called this one, but someone had this one pegged last week. (Which blog was it?!)
Best Actress went to Charlotte Gainsbourg for suffering at the hands of Lars von Trier in Antichrist and Christoph Waltz took home Best Actor for playing the cartoonish Nazi a.k.a. “The Jew Hunter” in Inglourious Basterds. Oscar watchers, you can now put Waltz’s name down as a potential Best Supporting Actor nominee.
Complete list of winners after the jump.
Palme d’Or
The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy
Grand Prix
A Prophet, Jacques Audiard, France
Special Jury Prize
Alain Resnais, Wild Grass (France)
Director
Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay, Philippines
Jury Prize
Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold, UK
Thirst, Park Chan-wook, South Korea-U.S.
Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds, U.S.-Germany
Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, Denmark-Germany-France-Sweden-Italy-Poland
Screenplay
Mei Feng, Spring Fever, Hong Kong-France
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