62ND CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNER |
Posted on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 |
 The rumours abounded of serious dissent in the judges camp this year as they deliberated over who should be awarded the top honour and receive the coveted Palme d'Or at this years Cannes film festival.
Three films lay at the heart of the battle with Isabelle Huppert pushing Lars Von Trier's controversial 'Anti-Christ' and James Gray's supporting French film 'The Prophet'.
Lars Von Trier's film was the cause of some dramatic responses on it's screening at the 62nd Cannes film festival with more than one critic declaring it the most brutal, disturbing and offensive film to come out of the Festival in years.
Indeed it stirred a walk-out at some London press screenings prior to Cannes who found the scenes of sex, mutilation and torture too much to watch. It has, however, been awarded an 18's rating and will hit the screens uncut and as the director intended.
The furore surrounding the film may be just one of the reasons why, in the final tally, 'Anti- Christ' was finally overlooked by the judges who settled instead on Michael Haneke's 'White Ribbon'.
By all accounts Haneke's sombre tale of the goings on in a small Northern German town is a beautifully and artfully shot film, entirely shown in black and white. Set in pre-First World War era, in the year 1913, 'White Ribbon' is an uncompromising, morally weighty film, that tackles issues of cruelty and punishment while undoubtedly commenting on the descent into fascism that was to follow. It is a film that stays with you long after the curtain has dropped and, despite the heated debate over the final honours, no one was surprised to see it win at the 62nd Annual Cannes Film festival. |
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