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Danish 'Antichrist' provides Cannes' annual scandal

AFP Global Edition 261 days ago

Cannes nearly always has its scandal and this year it came in the form of a Danish "Antichrist" that provoked such a storm its director promised a cleaner "Catholic" version for US audiences. Lars Von Trier's gothic thriller about love and madness ...

'White Ribbon' ties up top prize at Cannes

AFP Global Edition 261 days ago

Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a chilling study of malice in a German village on the eve of World War I, took the Cannes film festival's prestigious top prize on Sunday. The Austrian director's austere black and white work beat stiff competition ...

Gainsbourg crowned in Cannes for 'Antichrist' shocker

AFP Global Edition 261 days ago

France's Charlotte Gainsbourg clinched the best actress award in Cannes Sunday for her taboo-defying role as a woman driven insane by grief in "Antichrist", the film that shocked the festival. The soft-spoken 37-year-old, who caused a sensation in Lars Von Trier's graphic ...

France's Gainsbourg scoops Cannes gold for 'Antichrist'

AFP Global Edition 261 days ago

France's Charlotte Gainsbourg on Sunday clinched the best actress award in Cannes for her taboo-defying role as a woman driven insane by grief in the shock Danish thriller "Antichrist". "It's a great honour," said the soft-spoken 37-year-old who caused a sensation in ...

Haneke's 'The White Ribbon' wins Cannes top prize

AP News 261 days ago

Michael Haneke's 'The White Ribbon' wins Cannes Film Festival's top prize Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The White Ribbon" claimed the top prize Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, where Quentin Tarantino and Lars von Trier entries earned the acting honors. ...

Gainsbourg wins actress prize at Cannes fest

AP News 261 days ago

Gainsbourg win actress prize at Cannes fest for von Trier film; Waltz takes actor award Charlotte Gainsbourg has won the best-actress honor at the Cannes Film Festival for a movie that shocked audiences with its explicit images of physical abuse and torture. ...

Suspense grips Cannes as movie mega-battle ends

AFP Global Edition 261 days ago

Cannes hands out its top prize Sunday after a marathon battle between heavyweights like Quentin Tarantino and Jane Campion, with the critics' money on lesser-known names from France and Austria. The notoriously extravagant festival toned down the glitz for this year's crisis-era ...

France scents triumph as curtain falls on Cannes

AFP Global Edition 262 days ago

The Cannes showdown between the world's greatest film directors comes to a close Sunday with a bleak prison drama tipped to let France take the top prize for the second year in a row. The notoriously extravagant festival toned down the glitz ...

France scents triumph as Cannes curtain comes down

AFP Global Edition 262 days ago

The Cannes showdown between the world's greatest film directors comes to a close Sunday with a bleak prison drama tipped to let France take the top prize for the second year in a row. The notoriously extravagant festival toned down the glitz ...

'AntiChrist' gets 'anti-prize' at Cannes

AFP Global Edition 262 days ago

Cannes entered the final straight with more controversy Saturday over gothic thriller "AntiChrist" after the festival director denounced an "anti-prize" it received as an attempt at censorship. Lars von Trier's film was declared "the most misogynist movie from the self-proclaimed biggest director ...

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