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THAI FILM PULLS OFF CANNES SHOCK

24.05.2010 [11:34]
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Baku, May 24 (AZERTAC). The Cannes Film Festival has given its top prize, the Palme d`Or, to the mystical Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the winning film is about a dying man who is visited by his late wife and his missing son, who has become an ape.

Spain`s Javier Bardem was joint winner of the best actor accolade for playing a corrupt policeman who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Bardem shared the prize with Italian actor Elio Germano for La Nostra Vita.

French actress Juliette Binoche won best actress for her role as a gallery owner in Tuscany in the romantic drama Copie Conforme (Certified Copy), directed by Iran`s Abbas Kiarostami.

The prize for best director went to actor-turned-filmmaker Mathieu Amalric for his story of the struggling manager of a burlesque dance troupe, Tournee (On Tour).