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Cristian Mungiu Wins Second Palme d’Or at Cannes for Child Abuse Drama Fjord
English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize
TL;DR
- Cristian Mungiu's Fjord won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival.
- This is Mungiu's second Palme d'Or, having previously won for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
- Andrey Zvyagintsev's Minotaur received the Grand Prix, and Valeska Grisebach's The Dreamed Adventure won the Jury Prize.
- Barbra Streisand, Peter Jackson, and John Travolta were honored with honorary Palmes d’Or.
- Winners in sidebar competitions included Everytime (Un Certain Regard), Ben’Imana (Camera d’Or), La Gradiva (Critics Week), Too Many Beasts (best European film in Directors’ Fortnight), and I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (Audience award).