On the evening of May 28, local time, the 75th Cannes Film Festival came to a close on the Cote d'Azur. In the end, Swedish director Ruben Ostrund's "Triangle of Sadness" won the highest honor, the Palme d'Or. Asian filmmakers also reaped a lot, with South Korean director Park Chan-wook, actor Song Kang-ho and Iranian actress Zara Amir-Abrahimi taking home three awards. In addition, this year Cannes has a rare "double yolk egg" in the Jury Prize and the Jury Prize.

Ruben Ostrund won the Palme d'Or twice for "Triangle of Sadness". People's Vision Illustration

"Triangle of Sadness" is Ruben Ostrund's fifth feature film. His last work "Square" won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. After five years, it made a comeback and won the gold again, which makes people feel that his performance is stable. No wonder some netizens joked that in five years, he will take another "Circle" to Cannes, and it is estimated that he will win an award.
"Triangle of Sorrows" tells the absurd story of a luxury yacht that gathers young and beautiful Internet celebrity models, upper-class rich and the staff who serve them. The essence of the film is to continue the usual ridicule of Western capitalist society and the upper class in Ostrund's works, but with the help of the most popular and most empathetic jokes, when it was screened in Cannes, the atmosphere of the theater was Also quite easy. Therefore, although the film's reputation is lower than that of the Palme d'Or's popular "Intimacy" and "Resolve to Break Up" before the awards (the two's "Rotten Tomatoes" ratings are 93% and 92% respectively, "Triangle of Sadness" 71%), but in today's film awards, it is often not the works that are admired by the most people, but the works that are not hated by the most people.

"Triangle of Sadness" stills

Among the various awards at the Cannes Film Festival, the Jury Prize, which is equivalent to the second place, and the Jury Prize, which is the third place, are tied for this year by the two works. "Intimacy," which presents the growth of two boys and the changing relationship between them, and "Noon Star," based on Dennis Johnson's novel of the same name, won the Grand Jury Prize. "Intimacy" is the second feature film of Belgian director Lucas de Hoot, whose feature debut "Girl" was a blockbuster at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Noon Star, by French director Claire Denis, focuses on the 1984 Nicaraguan Revolution. Young Belgian directors Felix van Gunningen and Charlotte von Demelch's "Eight Hills" and famous Polish director Jez Skolimovsky's "Donkey Crow" won the Jury Prize .
South Korean director Park Chan-wook won the best director award for his suspenseful and romantic "Resolve to Break Up." The film, starring Chinese actor Tang Wei and South Korean actor Park Hae-il, is Park Chan-wook's third win at Cannes. In 2004, his "Old Boy" won the Jury Award; in 2009, "Bat" won the Jury Award. "Resolve to Break Up" was filmed during the new crown pneumonia epidemic. "We were terrified when we saw each other," Park Chan-wook quipped in his speech, "but we finally defeated the virus. I'm also sure that because of the efforts of the filmmakers, we can all overcome our fears and people will return to the cinema. inside."

Park Chan-wook won the Best Director Award for his film "Resolve to Break Up". People's Vision Illustration

In terms of actor awards, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor Award for "The Broker" with Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda. He is also the first South Korean actor to win this honor. The best actress award went to Iranian actor Zara Amir-Abrahimi for "The Holy Spider." The film was shot in Europe and tells the story of an Iranian female journalist who went deep into Mashhad to investigate the truth about the continuous deaths of local female sex workers. Amir-Abrahimi said excitedly in his speech, "I have come a long way to reach tonight's stage. This experience is not an easy story. It is full of humiliation, but I still have the film; it It's full of loneliness, but I still have movies; it's full of darkness, but I still have movies."

Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor Award for "The Broker". People's Vision Illustration

This year's Cannes Film Festival is also after the 2019 "Parasite" won the Palme d'Or, Korean filmmakers once again shine. Although Park Chan-wook and Song Kang-ho did not win the award for the same work this time, the two have previously collaborated on four works including "Kind Gold", "I Want Vengeance" and "Bat", and they are truly old acquaintances. After the closing ceremony of the film festival, they also accepted media interviews together.
When asked about the significance of the two winning awards for Korean films, Park Chan-wook said, "It's not only meaningful to Korean films. I have Chinese actors in my works, and "The Broker" is from a Japanese director. I think there are Asian filmmakers now. The exchange with capital itself is very meaningful. European filmmakers have collaborated on many excellent works since the 1960s and 1970s. Today, whether it is centered on Korea or elsewhere Well, I hope that such positive exchanges can appear more in Asian films."
Speaking of exchanges between Asian filmmakers, Tang Wei failed to win the Best Actress Award at Cannes for Park Chan-wook's "Resolve to Break Up" this time, which made many people feel regretful. Some netizens questioned that Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who served as a judge, favored his compatriots and urged Zara Amir-Abrahimi to win the award. Regardless of the truth, there are countless precedents for the judges to speak for their compatriots at the three major European film festivals. In 1989, Xie Jin served as the jury of the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival, trying to persuade other judges to award the Golden Lion Award to Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Sad City"; in 1994, Clint Eastwood served as the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival , the little-known Quentin Tarantino won the Palme d'Or for "Pulp Fiction"; in 2007, Zhang Yimou served as the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival, and Ang Lee's "Lust | Caution" won the Golden Lion prize……

"Resolve to Break Up" stills

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, although there are no Chinese films in various feature films, Chinese filmmakers have performed quite well in short films. "A Cliff Rises by the Sea" directed by Chen Jianying and starring Yao Anna won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film; "When I Look at You" directed by Huang Shuli won the Queer Palm Award for Short Film; Children" won the second prize in the "Youth Film" unit (formerly the "Movie Cornerstone" unit). Against the background that Chinese films have not appeared in the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival for two consecutive years, such achievements still give people hope for the future.

"A Cliff Rises by the Sea" directed by Chen Jianying won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film. People's Vision Illustration

Winners of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Main Competition
Best Picture: "Triangle of Sadness"
Jury Prize: "Intimacy" and "Noon Star"
Jury Prize: "Eight Mountains" and "Donkey Cry"
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, "Resolve to Break Up"
Best Actor: Song Kang-ho, "The Broker"
Best Actress: Zara Amir-Abrahimi, "The Holy Spider"
Best Screenplay: Tariq Saleh, "The Boy From Heaven"
Special Prize: The Darney Brothers, "Tori and Rochita"