French film “Dheepan” has scooped the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Directed by Jacques Audiard, it revolves around Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka’s civil war moving to France, a movie seen as sending a political message.
“It’s a film which, for me, is risky and dangerous. And that is what I felt when I was making it. And I am very surprised that in the end it’s a film that is actually watched and appreciated. I am very surprised,” said Audiard.
“Son of Saul,” Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes’s debut film, took the Grand Prix second prize.
The portrayal by a non-professional actor of a forced labourer in the Auschwitz concentration camp had a huge impact.
“I think the new generation has to be presented what happened and talked about it in an open way, and this is why we made this movie,” said Nemes.
French actor Vincent Lindon won best actor for his role in “The Measure of a Man.” He plays a man finding it tough to make a living after a long spell of une
