Palme d'Or for Jacques Audiard's 'Dheepan' at Cannes
- 9 years ago
“Dheepan” by director Jacques Audiard has won the prestigious Palme d’Or award at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
The film tells the tale of Tamil refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka as they try to build a new life on a violent housing estate in France.
The surprise announcement was made at the end of the final awards ceremony following the decision by the jury which was headed by filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.
“I’m very moved. Winning a prize from the Coen brothers is something that is exceptional,” Audiard, who has won two smaller Cannes awards in the past, told the closing ceremony. “I’m thinking of my father.”
Jacques Audiard’s DHEEPAN wins #Cannes Palme d’Or. The Variety review: http://t.co/t6JuoPwzT7— Variety (Variety) May 24, 2015
Audiard’s film “Rust and Bone” had been a challenger for the Palme d’Or in 2012.
László Nemes had been tipped as a Palme d’Or winner this year. In the end the first-time filmmaker from Hungary took the second prize, the Grand Prix, fo
The film tells the tale of Tamil refugees from the civil war in Sri Lanka as they try to build a new life on a violent housing estate in France.
The surprise announcement was made at the end of the final awards ceremony following the decision by the jury which was headed by filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.
“I’m very moved. Winning a prize from the Coen brothers is something that is exceptional,” Audiard, who has won two smaller Cannes awards in the past, told the closing ceremony. “I’m thinking of my father.”
Jacques Audiard’s DHEEPAN wins #Cannes Palme d’Or. The Variety review: http://t.co/t6JuoPwzT7— Variety (Variety) May 24, 2015
Audiard’s film “Rust and Bone” had been a challenger for the Palme d’Or in 2012.
László Nemes had been tipped as a Palme d’Or winner this year. In the end the first-time filmmaker from Hungary took the second prize, the Grand Prix, fo