{"id":17058,"date":"2023-05-27T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T22:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:07:28","slug":"japanese-actor-koji-yakusho-won-best-actor-at-cannes-for-perfect-days-by-german-director-wim-wenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=17058","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Actor Koji Yakusho Won Best Actor at Cannes for &#8220;Perfect Days&#8221; by German Director Wim Wenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director Justine Triet&#8217;s courtroom drama, \u201c<strong>Anatomy of a Fall<\/strong>&#8221; won the Palme d&#8217;Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Anatomy of a Fall<\/strong>&#8221; is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d&#8217;Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for &#8220;<i><strong>Titane<\/strong>&#8220;<\/i> in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme d\u2019Or winner in 1993 with &#8220;<strong><i>The Piano<\/i><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The film stars Sandra H\u00fcller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband&#8217;s death. Cannes&#8217; Grand Prix, its second prize, went to Jonathan Glazer&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>The Zone of Interest<\/strong>,&#8221; a chilling Martin Amis adaptation about a German family living next door to Auschwitz.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Fonda presented this year\u2019s top prize, she reflected that when she first attended the Cannes festival, back in the 1970s, \u201cThere were no women directors competing at that time, and it never even occurred to us that there was something wrong with that.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcbhllc.org\/image\/jpg\/priligy.html\">priligy over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> We\u2019ve come a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won best actor at Cannes for &#8220;<strong>Perfect Days<\/strong>&#8221; by German director Wim Wenders, a touching tale about a Tokyo toilet cleaner. Turkey&#8217;s Merve Dizdar won best actress for &#8220;About Dry Grasses&#8221;, the latest from festival favorite Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Tran Anh Hung won best director for &#8220;The Pot-au-Feu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There was an incredible out-of-competition premiere for the new Indiana Jones movie, with an 80-year-old Harrison Ford getting weepy when he received an honorary Palme d&#8217;Or.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Scorsese, also 80, premiered his much-anticipated Native American epic &#8220;Killers of the Flower Moon&#8221; with Robert De Niro, 79.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy  with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>European auteurs Marco Bellocchio, 83, Wim Wenders, 77, and Victor Erice, 82, all brought new films.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcbhllc.org\/image\/jpg\/propecia.html\">propecia over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Full list of prizes below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Palme d\u2019Or: <\/b>\u201cAnatomy of a Fall,\u201d Justine Triet<\/p>\n<p><b>Grand Prix: <\/b>\u201cThe Zone of Interest,\u201d Jonathan Glazer<\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b>Tran Anh Hung, \u201cThe Pot au Feu\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Actor: <\/b>K\u014dji Yakusho, \u201cPerfect Days\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Actress: <\/b>Merve Dizdar, \u201cAbout Dry Grasses\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Jury Prize: <\/b>\u201cFallen Leaves,\u201d Aki Kaurismaki<\/p>\n<p><b>Screenplay: <\/b>Sakamoto Y\u00fbji, \u201cMonster\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>OTHER PRIZES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Camera d\u2019Or: <\/b>\u201cInside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,\u201d Thien An Pham<\/p>\n<p><b>Short Films Palme d\u2019Or:<\/b> \u201c27,\u201d Fl\u00f3ra Anna Buda.<\/p>\n<p><b>Short Films Special Mention:<\/b> \u201cF\u00e1r,\u201d Gunnur Martinsd\u00f3ttir Schl\u00fcter<\/p>\n<p><b>Golden Eye Documentary Prize: <\/b>TBA<\/p>\n<p><b>Queer Palm: <\/b>\u201cMonster\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>UN CERTAIN REGARD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Un Certain Regard Award:<\/b> \u201cHow to Have Sex,\u201d Molly Manning Walker<\/p>\n<p><b>Jury Prize:<\/b> \u201cHounds,\u201d Kamal Lazraq<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Director Prize:<\/b> \u201cThe Mother of All Lies,\u201d Asmae El Moudir<\/p>\n<p><b>Freedom Prize:<\/b> \u201cGoodbye Julia,\u201d Mohamed Kordofani<\/p>\n<p><b>Ensemble Prize:<\/b> \u201cThe Buriti Flower,\u201d Jo\u00e3o Salaviza, Ren\u00e9e Nader Messora, cast and crew<\/p>\n<p><b>New Voice Prize:<\/b> \u201cOmen,\u201d Baloji<\/p>\n<p><b>DIRECTORS\u2019 FORTNIGHT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Europa Cinemas Label:<\/b> \u201cCreatura,\u201d Elena Mart\u00edn<\/p>\n<p><b>Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize:<\/b> \u201cA Prince,\u201d Pierre Creton<\/p>\n<p><b>CRITICS\u2019 WEEK<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Grand Prize:<\/b> \u201cTiger Stripes,\u201d Amanda Nell Eu<\/p>\n<p><b>French Touch Prize:<\/b> \u201cIt\u2019s raining in the house,\u201d Paloma Sermon-Da\u00ef<\/p>\n<p><b>GAN Foundation Award for Distribution:<\/b> Pyramide Films, \u201cInshallah a boy\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award:<\/b> Jovan Gini\u0107, \u201cLost Country\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Justine Triet&#8217;s courtroom drama, \u201cAnatomy of a Fall&#8221; won the Palme d&#8217;Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.\u00a0 &#8220;Anatomy of a Fall&#8221; is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d&#8217;Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for &#8220;Titane&#8220; in 2021. 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