Michael Haneke has won the Palme d'Or for Amour. This is his second Palme in 4 years after The White Ribbon in 2009. Both times Jacques Audiard has missed out, though this year Rust and Bone was completely overlooked whereas in 2009, Un Prophete at least took the Grand Prix, ostensibly the runners-up prize.
Here are the winners in the main categories. I'm pretty chuffed for Mads Mikkelsen (he won best actor for The Hunt). I first noticed him in a pretty good Danish police show called Unit One. He's since appeared in some average Hollywood films but he made a class villain in Casino Royale, scratching Daniel Craig's nuts. I reckon he's one of the most intense actors rocking the screens these days.
It looks like a pretty good year for official entries at Cannes. The stand-out for me is the new Jacques Audiard film Rust and Bone with Marion Cotillard. One of my favourite directors AND possibly my favourite actress working right now. I hope it's as good as Un Prophete.
The films from Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, Wes Anderson, John Hillcoat and Ken Loach all look promising but picking a winner is a fool's errand.
Here's the list: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/inCompetition.html
And you can check out the trailers for the films here: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/trailers.html
