Ostlund, a left-wing director, closes with a flourish a trilogy of films about the most ridiculous aspects of the Western world, especially those of the privileged classes.
“Triangle of sadness” explains the adventures of a group of millionaires and careerists aboard a luxury cruise ship, who end up shipwrecked on a desert island after a failed pirate assault.
Cannes returned to mass audiences after two exceptional years due to the pandemic, with a selection of 21 very eclectic films, which left forecasts up in the air until the end.
The contest honored its reputation as a festival committed to current affairs, rewarding innovative authors as well as those who denounce the reality that surrounds them.
The Grand Prize, the second highest award in the contest, went jointly to “Stars at noon” by French director Claire Denis, a story of espionage and romance set in Nicaragua, and to “Close”, about a teenage friendship brutally interrupted , by the Belgian Lukas Dhont, under a gay claim fund.
“Stars at Noon” could not be filmed in Nicaragua “for political reasons,” Denis recalled, so the shoot had to be moved to Panama.
The Jury Prize was also shared, this time for a poetic film about male friendship, “The Eight Mountains” by the Belgians Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch, and “Eo”, a film played by a donkey, by the Pole Jerzy Skolimowski .
The jury, chaired by French actor Vincent Lindon, rewarded Korean Park Chan-Wook’s direction for “Decision to Leave,” a complex police drama in which a murder detective falls in love with the main defendant.
Cannes awarded a special prize on the occasion of the 75th anniversary to the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who already have two Palme d’Or awards behind them.
Kings of the cinema of social denunciation, the Dardennes participated for the ninth time in Cannes. His film “Tori et Lokita” does not deviate from this line, and shows the fate of undocumented minors.
Source: Ambito
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