Titane bags Palme d’Or award at Cannes Film Festival

The prestigious Cannes Film Festival culminated on Saturday. The highlight of the event was French director Julia Ducournau’s film Titane winning the most prestigious award of the festival — Palme d’Or. The French and Belgian co-production tells the tale of a young female killer.

The second-most prestigious award of the festival, the Grand Prix, was a tie between Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s film A Hero and Compartment No 6, directed by Juho Kuosmanen, French film director and screenwriter. Amongst the other winners were Leos Carax, who won the Best Director Award for his musical Annette.

Norwegian actress Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress award for her work in the film The Worst Person In The World. Caleb Landry won the Best Male Actor award for his role in Nitram. — IANS