{"id":44374,"date":"2018-05-26T09:32:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T09:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=44374"},"modified":"2018-05-26T09:32:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T09:32:40","slug":"cannes-2018-japanese-indie-shoplifters-wins-palme-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=44374","title":{"rendered":"Cannes 2018: Japanese indie Shoplifters wins Palme d’Or"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The Japanese family drama Shoplifters has received the coveted award for best film, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n

The runner-up Grand Prix went to US director Spike Lee's anti-racism satire BlacKkKlansman.<\/p>\n

Led by actor Cate Blanchett, the jury announced their top picks after what was a politically charged festival.<\/p>\n

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who sparked the #MeToo movement, was particularly called out.<\/p>\n

While presenting an award, Italian actress Asia Argento said: “I want to make a prediction: Harvey Weinstein will never be welcomed here ever again.”<\/p>\n

Mr Weinstein, who has since retreated from the spotlight, has denied all allegations of non-consensual sexual activity.<\/p>\n

Only three female directors were among the 21 in contention for the festival's 71st top prize, many of which drew critical acclaim ahead of the famously unpredictable awards night.<\/p>\n

Choosing the winner of festival's top gong, which went to Japanese indie filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, was “painful” in light of the strong competition, said Blanchett.<\/p>\n

Poland's Pawel Pawlikowski won the best director award for his love story Cold War.<\/p>\n

Little-known Italian actor Marcello Fonte won best actor for his role as a hapless cocaine-dealing dog groomer who faces down a thug in Dogman.<\/p>\n

And a special Palme d'Or was awarded to French-Swiss Jean-Luc Godard for the film Image Book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Japanese family drama Shoplifters has received the coveted award for best film, the Palme d’Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. The runner-up Grand Prix went to US director Spike Lee’s anti-racism satire BlacKkKlansman. Led by actor Cate Blanchett, the jury announced their top picks after what was a politically charged festival. Disgraced Hollywood mogul […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n