Steven Spielberg and his jury have made their preferences known!
Three Palms! Léa + Abdellatif + Adele
PALME D'OR
Blue is the Warmest Color (also known as La Vie A'Dele - Chapitre 1 & 2) by Abdellatif Kechiche
In an unusual move the actresses Léa Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos are apparently sharing the Palme D'Or with the director so they all three have matching scrolls.
UPDATE: Some people will call this a historic win because it's a gay-themed film but arguably other Palme D'Or winners have had at least some degree of gay subtext or gay elements (like Elephant or Farewell My Concubine).
GRAND PRIX:
Inside Llewyn Davis by the Coen Bros
PRIX DU JURY (JURY PRIZE):
Like Father Like Son by Hirokazu Kore-eda
DIRECTOR
Heli by Amat Escalante
SCREENPLAY (PRIX DU SCENARIO):
A Touch of Sin (Tian Zhu Ding) by Jia Zhangke
CAMERA D’OR (BEST FIRST FEATURE):
Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen
BEST ACTRESS (PRIX D’INTERPRETATION FEMININE):
Berenice Bejo for The Past
BEST ACTOR (PRIX D’INTERPRETATION MASCULINE):
Bruce Dern for Nebraska
In other 'down the line' news, I wonder if this will help Blue is the Warmest Color actually make it into theaters. It was picked up by Sundance Selects but we all know that small distributors sometimes hold their movies for so long as to render any heat they once had ice cold. Let's hope, especially, that they don't get Oscar dreams because a) that's not going to happen -- France always has a lot to choose from for Oscar submissions and they're far more likely to go with The Past if they're picking a Cannes title -- and b) distributors who have those delusional Oscar dreams tend to hold their movies until after nominations at which point they put them on the backburner when they aren't nominated.
Au revoir until next year!
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:28PM 
