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THE 64TH CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REPORT
"The Tree Of Life", Kirsten Dunst, Dardenne
Brothers Among Winners At The 64th Cannes International Film Festival On Closing
Night
Kirsten Dunst in Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia",
for which she won the Best Actress prize at Cannes tonight.
by
Omar P.L. Moore/PopcornReel.com
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Tonight in Cannes "The Tree Of Life" won top prize at the 64th edition of its
International Film Festival.
Receiving mixed and sharply divided early reviews from film critics, Terrence
Malick's epic won the Palme D'Or.
Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn star in the drama about life, origins and
God. "The Tree Of Life" opens in the United States beginning this Friday
in Los Angeles and New York.
A festival that was lit up by "Melancholia" director Lars Von Trier's comments
about being "a Nazi", sympathizing with Hitler "a bit" and some disdain for
fellow Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier, ended with "Melancholia" actress Kirsten
Dunst winning the Best Actress prize for her portrayal of a bride. The
film also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard.
Best Actor prize went to
Jean Dujardin for "The Artist", the black-and-white film about a
silent era movie star, directed by Michel Hazavanicius.
The Dardenne brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc shared the Grand Prix for their film
"Kid With A Bike" with Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who directed
"Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da" (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia).
(List
of Festival winners at tonight's closing night ceremonies)
In response to a question during tonight's press conference Cannes feature film
jury president Robert De Niro said of "The Tree Of Life":
"Most of us felt very clearly that it was the movie. It had the size, the
importance, the intention, the, whatever you want to call it, it had, that
seemed to fit the prize, the Palme D'Or . . . it's very difficult to make these
decisions because there are other movies that are very good also. They're
so different . . . it's never perfect. You have to find some -- at the end
of the day -- make some sort of compromise. That wasn't a compromise but
I'm just saying in the whole process there's always something that's never quite
a hundred percent. Which is normal in this type of situation. We all
-- most of us felt the movie was terrific."
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