ROMANIAN DRAMA SCOOPS CANNES' TOP PRIZE

Last updated: Monday, May 28, 2007

ROMANIAN DRAMA SCOOPS CANNES' TOP PRIZE

The Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday (27May07).

Laura Vasilliu and Christian Mungiu at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Day 2 - "4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile" (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) Photocall. Cannes, France - 17.05.07

The drama, which explores issues of abortion and repression in 1980s communist Romania, beat competition from Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park, Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, and The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men to win the prestigious award.

Accepting the prize, director Cristian Mungiu said, "This story, in which we believe so much, is going to reach lots of people now.

"I also hope that this award that I am getting tonight is going to be good news for small film-makers from small countries because it looks like you don't necessarily need a big budget and a lot of stars."

The jury, headed by British director Stephen Frears, awarded two jury prizes to Persepolis, a film about a young woman growing up during the Iranian revolution, and Silent Light, which explores a husband's infidelity in a Mennonite community based in Mexico.

Meanwhile, former Palme d'Or winner Van Sant received the 60th Anniversary Prize for Paranoid Park, while Julian Schnabel was honoured with the Best Director gong for The Diving Bell and Butterfly.

Source: WENN

| Monday, May 28, 2007

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ROMANIAN DRAMA SCOOPS CANNES' TOP PRIZE

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