From the film Anatomy of a Fall (Cannes Film Festival)
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival closed Saturday evening at the Riviera at the awards ceremony of the official competition.
The Palme d'Or, the main prize of the competition, was rightly won by French director Justine Terrier's Anatomy of a Fall. The award was presented to her by the legendary idol Jane Fonda. The film has been purchased for distribution in Israel and will be released in the coming year.
It should be noted that this is the second time in the last three years that a French woman has won the Palme d'Or, after Julia Ducourno did so on "Titan" two years ago.
Quentin Tarantino and Danielle Peake on the red carpet (Photo by Getty Images, Kristi Sparrow)
The Grand Prix, the second most important prize, was handed out by veteran director Roger Corman along with his spiritual son Quentin Tarantino, who had previously walked the red carpet with Danielle Peake. The two presented the statuette for "The Zone of Interest," a film by British-Jewish director Jonathan Glazer about Rudolf Hess, commander of the Auschwitz death camp.
What do the two films have in common, the first place winner and the second place winner? Both star German actress Sandra Holler.
The Jury Prize, the third most important, went to Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's "Fallen Leaves". The directing award went to Tran An Hung for the cooking film "The Pot au Feu". The actor award went to Japan's Koji Yakusho, for his wonderful role in Wim Wenders' Perfect Days. The actress award was won by Turkey's Marwa Dizdar for "About Dry Grasses". The screenplay award went to Scamato Yohji for the Japanese drama "Monster". Interestingly, apart from Glaser, no white man has won any awards.
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Won a palm. From Anatomy of a Fall (Photo: Cannes Film Festival)
Anatomy of a Fall is the fourth feature film by French director Justine Terrier. Holler plays a successful German writer whose failed boyfriend falls to his death. The question is whether he ended his life, or whether she pushed him.
Most of the film takes place in court, but the result is neither a legal drama nor a true crime thriller. It's unclear exactly what happened between the deceased and his widow on the day he died, but it's clear that their relationship died much earlier, and Anatomy of a Fall examines how it happened. It could also be called "Pictures from Married Life."
Like most festival films, Anatomy of a Fall is two and a half hours long. Terriya manages to keep things interesting thanks to different perspectives, chief among them the couple's son, who has had trouble tolerating their constant fights, and shows extraordinary wisdom for his young age. Above all of them rises Holler. Despite the fact that she is the heroine of this drama, the actress does not try to shape an ideal character. Instead, she builds a complete, complex, authentic character—an equally admirable and reluctant woman who, even if not criminally guilty of her boyfriend's death, can be blamed for many other things. So what, the same can be said about each of us. That's how humans are.
"Anatomy of a fall" is superbly made, without falls. The script, the directing work and the acting displays: everything here is at the highest level, but the film's greatest virtue is Terrier's willingness to pry into the insides of the characters, and the meticulous and sensitive way in which she does it. As befits its name, the result is a lesson in the anatomy of passion and emotions, and watching it is very exciting.
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