CANNES 09
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Sunday May 24 2009
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The Austrian director Michael Haneke - famous, notorious even for his hard-edge films that push audiences to the limit - has finally lifted the Palme d'Or. The White Ribbon, his typically chilling story of the rise of the conditions that later led to Nazism, told through a choir in a...
Sunday May 24 2009
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Xavier Dolan's mother must be proud as punch. At just 20, the fledgling Canadian filmmaker has pulled off a surprise hat-trick at the Cannes Director's Fortnight with his coming-of-age drama I Killed My Mother, outshining screen legend Francis Ford Coppola on the way.
In an exhilarating start...
Sunday May 24 2009
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Greece pick up its first major prize at Cannes in almost two decades when Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth won the Certain Regard category, a belated recognition of the new Greek wave of directors who have emerged in the last few years.
The tense family drama follows three siblings cut off from the...
Sunday May 24 2009
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Palme d'Or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (Austria)
RFI's David Page chats to Haneke after his win
Grand prize: A Prophet by Jacques Audiard (France)
Jury prize: shared between Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold (Britain) and Thirst by Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
RFI's David Page chats...
Sunday May 24 2009
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The team behind Looking for Eric have already scored a win at Cannes as festival-goers eagerly wait for news on who has taken out the gold trophy.
British director Ken Loach has scooped the Ecumenical Jury Prize for his feelgood film starring former Manchester United striker Eric Catona.
Looking... 
