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Palmes d’Or goes to Amour and other Cannes prizes

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The famous film festival on the French Riviera presented its awards on Sunday. The Cannes Palme d’Or went to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour, the story of a man who keeps his promise to stay with his wife to the very end.

The famous film festival on the French Riviera presented its awards on Sunday. The Cannes Palme d’Or went to Austrian director Michael Haneke for his film Amour, the story of a man who keeps his promise to stay with his wife to the very end.

© RIA Novosti . Yekaterina Chesnokova / Go to the mediabankThe second most prestigious prize at the festival, the Grand Prix, was won by the film Reality by Matteo Garrone from Italy. Reality had not been considered one of the favorites so it was a big surprise to everyone when it won the Grand Prix and even drew some whistles from the audience.
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The second most prestigious prize at the festival, the Grand Prix, was won by the film Reality by Matteo Garrone from Italy. Reality had not been considered one of the favorites so it was a big surprise to everyone when it won the Grand Prix and even drew some whistles from the audience.
© RIA Novosti . Yekaterina Chesnokova / Go to the mediabankBritish director Ken Loach won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for The Angels’ Share, a film about how young thugs try to turn over a new leaf through doing public work and with the help of whisky.
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British director Ken Loach won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for The Angels’ Share, a film about how young thugs try to turn over a new leaf through doing public work and with the help of whisky.
© RIA Novosti . Yekaterina Chesnokova / Go to the mediabankThe Best Screenplay award went to Romanian director Cristian Mungiu for his film Beyond the Hills, based on the true story of how a girl in a small monastery in eastern Romania is destroyed after she is exorcised of evil spirits.
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The Best Screenplay award went to Romanian director Cristian Mungiu for his film Beyond the Hills, based on the true story of how a girl in a small monastery in eastern Romania is destroyed after she is exorcised of evil spirits.
© RIA Novosti . Yekaterina Chesnokova / Go to the mediabankThe Best Actor award went to Mads Mikkelsen for his role in The Hunt, in which he plays Thomas Vinterberg, a teacher wrongly accused of sexually abusing children.
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The Best Actor award went to Mads Mikkelsen for his role in The Hunt, in which he plays Thomas Vinterberg, a teacher wrongly accused of sexually abusing children.
© RIA Novosti . Yekaterina Chesnokova / Go to the mediabankThe Best First Feature award at the Cannes festival went to American Benh Zeitlin for his film Beasts of the Southern Wild, which was also entered into the parallel competition Un Certain Regard and had previously been a big hit at the Sundance Film Festival.
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The Best First Feature award at the Cannes festival went to American Benh Zeitlin for his film Beasts of the Southern Wild, which was also entered into the parallel competition Un Certain Regard and had previously been a big hit at the Sundance Film Festival.
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