62. Festival del Cinema di CANNES (13-24 Maggio 2009) - PALMA D’ORO A ‘IL NASTRO BIANCO’ DI MICHAEL HANEKE. ‘Miglior regista’ B. MENDOZA, ‘Miglior Attore’ C. WALTZ, 'Migliore Attrice' C. GAINGSBOURG

24/05/2009 - (AGI) - Cannes, 24 maggio. - MICHAEL HANEKE ha vinto la PALMA D'ORO al Festival di Cannes con IL NASTRO BIANCO. HANEKE ha usato il bianco e nero per un'intensa pellicola girata in un paesino della Germania settentrionale e ambientata alla vigilia della prima guerra mondiale. Il film analizza il sistema educativo della Germania protestante e ha come protagonisti un gruppo di bambini che saranno la generazione che fece la Germania nazista.

"Non voglio che venga preso come un film sul fascismo", aveva avvertito il regista in una conferenza stampa dopo la proiezione. "Racconta la storia di un gruppo di bambini che assorbe completamente gli ideali che vengono predicati dai loro genitori e ogni volta che si ha un ideale in termini assoluti, cio' diventa disumano", aveva spiegato, "e' la via per ogni forma di terrorismo".

(ANSA) - Tra gli altri premi:

'Miglior Regista': BRILLANTE MENDOZA per KINATAY;

'Miglior Attore': CHRISTOPH WALTZ per IGLORIOUS BASTERDS di QUENTIN TARANTINO;

'Miglior Attrice': CHARLOTTE GAINGSBOURG per ANTICHRIST di LARS VON TRIER;

'Grand Prix': UN PROFETA di J. AUDIARD.

MARCO BELLOCCHIO è dispiaciuto di non aver avuto nessun premio: 'mai avuto tanti consensi'.

'WHITE RIBBON WINS PALME D’OR. WWI drama, 'Prophet' top Cannes Film Festival

Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a stark, black-and-white drama set in a rural German village on the eve of WWI, received the Palme d'Or from the jury of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Sony Pictures Classics acquired North American rights to the film before the festival.

The Grand Prix was awarded to French helmer Jacques Audiard's tough prison drama, "A Prophet."

Actor Christoph Waltz took the actor prize for his multilingual turn in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." It was the sole kudo given to an American film in a competition light on Hollywood fare.

Charlotte Gainsbourg took the actress prize for her performance as a grieving mother in Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," the designated scandale of this year's fest.

Eighty-six-year-old French vet Alain Resnais, in competition with "Wild Grass," received a lifetime achievement award from the jury and a standing ovation from the audience in the Grand Theatre Lumiere.
While the top two prizewinners had been predicted and largely well received during the festival, three awards in particular drew heavy booing from the assembled press corps: the jury prize for South Korean vampire thriller "Thirst," the screenplay award for "Spring Fever" and especially the directing honors for "Kinatay" helmer Brillante Mendoza.
Sharing the jury prize with "Thirst" was Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank."

INTL. COMPETITION JURY PRIZES:

Palme d'Or
"The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-France-Austria-Italy)

Grand Prix
"A Prophet" (Jacques Audiard, France)

Special jury prize
Alain Resnais, "Wild Grass" (France)

Director
Brillante Mendoza ("Kinatay," Philippines)

Jury prize
"Fish Tank" (Andrea Arnold, U.K.), "Thirst" (Park Chan-wook, South Korea-U.S.)

Actor
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" (U.S.-Germany)

Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg, "Antichrist" (Denmark-Germany-France-Sweden-Italy-Poland)

Screenplay
Mei Feng, "Spring Fever" (Hong Kong-France)

SHORT FILMS JURY PRIZES

Palme d'Or
"Arena" (Joao Salaviza, Portugal)
Special Mention
"The Six Dollar Fifty Man" (Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland, New Zealand)

UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY AWARDS

Main Prize
"Dogtooth" (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece)

Jury Prize
"Police, Adjective" (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania)

Special Prize
"No One Knows About Persian Cats" (Bahman Ghobadi, Iran), "Father of My Children" (Mia Hansen-Love, France)

OTHER MAIN JURY AWARDS

Camera d'Or
"Samson and Delilah" (Warwick Thornton)

Special Mention
"Ajami" (Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, Israel-Germany)

Critics' Week Grand Prix
"Farewell Gary" (Nassim Amamouche, France)

Fipresci Awards

Competition: "The White Ribbon" (Michael Haneke, Germany-Austria-France-Italy) Un Certain Regard: "Police, Adjective" (Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania) Directors' Fortnight: "Amreeka" (Cherien Dabis, Canada-Kuwait-U.S.).

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News by: Agenzie Stampa AGI, ANSA e DEREK ELLEY, JUSTIN CHANG, “www.variety.com”.