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23 May 2005 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne took the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or Saturday for L'Enfant (The Child), about a thief who sells his infant son. In a kind of display of Franco-Hollywood unity, the Dardennes received their award from recent Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. It was the second Palme d'Or for the Dardennes; they won in 1999 for Rosetta. They dedicated their prize this year to French journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi assistant, Hussein Hanoun al-Saadi, who have been held hostage in Iraq since January. The festival's Grand Prize (regarded as the second-place award) went to Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers, starring Bill Murray. The director's prize went to Austrian Michael Haneke for the French film Caché (Hidden). Though his film had been the favorite of critics to win the top award, Haneke said that the important thing for him was that it was picked up at the festival by distributors all over the world. He added, "That doesn't mean that it'll be on the same footing as Star Wars." Tommy Lee Jones, who competed at Cannes with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, his directorial debut, won the best actor award for his role in the movie. The film also won for best screenplay (by Guillermo Arriaga). Israeli actress/comedian Hana Laszlo took the best actress award for Free Zone. The Jury prize went to Wang Xiaoshuai's Shanghai Dreams. »

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Belgian movie L'Enfant beat 20 other films to win the coveted Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Saturday. L'Enfant, which has the English title of The Child, was directed by brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and follows a young couple struggling to survive in France's urban jungle. This year's festival marked the second time the Dardenne brothers have picked up the prestigious Palme D'Or - they previously won it in 1999 for Rosetta. Elsewhere, Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Actor award for his role as Pete Perkins in western The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada, which he also directed. Jones' film also won Best Screenplay for its writer Guillermo Arriaga. Israeli Hanna Laslo picked up the Best Actress prize for her role in Free Zone, about a borderless Middle East. She dedicated her award to her mother, who died in the Holocaust. American director Jim Jarmusch won the Grand Prix award for his film Broken Flowers, which stars Bill Murray, Sharon Stone and Jessica Lange. Chinese filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai won the Special Jury Prize for Shanghai Dreams. Michael Haneke won the Best Director award for French film Hidden, while Best Short Film went to Wayfarers by Ukraine moviemaker Igor Strembitskyy. »

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