BARDEM & BINOCHE TRIUMPH AT CANNES
Oscar winners JAVIER BARDEM and JULIETTE BINOCHE added major trophies to their collections on Sunday (23May10) when the two European stars landed the acting awards at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Spaniard Bardem shared the Best Actor Prize with Elio Germano, while Th e English Patient star Binoche was named Best Actress for Certified Copy.
The Cannes Film Festival’s competition jury president Tim Burton handed the coveted Palme d=E2=80=99Or honour to acclaimed Thai movie Uncle Boon mee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. The runner-up Grand Prix prize went to Of Gods and Men.
French actor/director Mathieu Amalric claimed the two-week festival’s B est Director award for Tournee, while the event’s Best Screenplay prize w ent to Lee Chang-dong for Poetry.
Other big winners during the closing ceremony’s prizegiving included An o Bisiesto (Camera d=E2=80=99Or), A Screaming Man (Prix du Jury), Ha Ha H a (Prize of Un Certain Regard) and Octubre (Un Certain Regard Jury Prize) ..
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