Cannes: The year of the underdog
As the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close for another year, a host of relative unknowns will be going home with the festival's most coveted prizes. Romanian director Cristian Mungiu triumphed against stiff competition from Cannes veterans Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and Gus Van Sant to win the prestigious Palme d'Or for 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, his tale of illegal abortion.
"At the end of the day, nationality shouldn't matter - this isn't the Olympics. The general feeling was that this was a better Cannes than we've seen in a few years, so that's got to be good news for everyone," she adds. As for the US, the Coens' No Country For Old Men and Michael Moore's Sicko were probably the most talked about films of the Festival.
EU-Digest comment: What a great and classy festival this year in Cannes. A "smorgesbrot" of world-wide quality films. It certainly beats the US corporate controlled Oscars "bonanza" hands-down. Lets hear it for Europe!
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