Triangle of Sadness wins Palme d’Or

Published: 7th Jun, 2022

Context

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s class warfare comedy Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

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The film - Triangle of Sadness, an uproarious three-part comedy about fashion models, social-media influencers, class divides and projectile vomiting, is the second Palme win in five years for Swedish director Ostlund, who won for “The Square” in 2017.
It is also the third consecutive win for U.S. distributor Neon, which took the top prize for “Titane” last year and “Parasite” in 2019.
The runner-up prize, the Grand Prix, was a tie between young Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s “Close” and veteran French filmmaker Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon.”
The Jury Prize, which is essentially the third-place award, was a tie between two films.
The jury was headed by French actor Vincent Lindon and also included Iranian director AsgharFarhadi, actress-directors Rebecca Hall and Jasmine Trinca, directors Ladj Ly, Jeff Nichols and Joachim Trier and actresses NoomiRapaceand DeepikaPadukone.

The list of winners:

Palme d’Or: “Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Ostlund
Grand Prix: (TIE) “Close,” Lukas Dhont; and “Stars at Noon,” Claire Denis
Jury Prize: (TIE) “The Eight Mountains,” Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch; and “Eo,” Jerzy Skolimowski
Best Director: Park Chan-Wook, “Decision to Leave”
Best Screenplay: “Boy From Heaven,” Tarik Saleh
Best Actor: Song Kang Ho, “Broker”
Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, “Holy Spider”
75th anniversary special award: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “Tori and Lokita”
Camera d’Or (best first film): “War Pony,” Riley Keough and Gina Gammell
Camera d’Or, special mention: “Plan 75,” Hayakawa Chie
Palme d’Or, Short Film: “The Water Murmurs,” Jianying Chen
Short film special mention: “Lori,” Abinash Bikram Shah

About Cannes Film Festival:

Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1946 and the invitation-only festival is held usually in May every year.
Cannes is also one of the Big Three major European Film Festivals, alongside the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany and Venice Film Festival in Italy.
Cannes 2022:

- India has been chosen as ‘Country of Honour’ at Marche’ Du Film at the Cannes Film Festival 2022.
- As Cannes Film Festival will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2022 with India being the country of honour, the festival will screen Satyajit Ray’s Pratidwandi in Cannes Classic Selection.
- The 1970 film has been restored under the National Film Heritage Mission which is a project undertaken by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
- Bollywood Star Deepika Padukone has been announced as part of the competition jury of the Cannes Film Festival 2022.

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