BThe year in Cannes was not good. This can be seen in the decision of the nine-member jury surrounding American director Spike Lee. In a game with no highlights, the jury was looking for a movie that could set an example, and they found it.This Golden Palm However, for Julia Ducournau’s “Titan”, the value of a film masterpiece is not as good as a film that has little to do with the traditional concept of narrative ability. In the story of the fire captain and the murderous girl with a titanium plate, played by French Vincent Linden, some things are wrong, such as the motives of the characters’ behavior.
But there are also blatant, colorful photos, a lot of nudity and violence, having sex with cars, and strippers on fire trucks. Since Ducournau mixed the themes of horror, family and action movies, using masculinity and femininity clichés, he first exaggerated these clichés visually, and then let them explode. This movie should serve as the future gender debate. illustration. The French director said at the awards ceremony that she knew that “Titan” was not perfect, but perfection was useless. People can argue about it endlessly.
The prize reveals the division of the jury
The other awards, like their embarrassment of choosing the right one out of the 24 entries in the festival competition, also exposed the jury’s disagreement. This applies to the jury award jointly won by Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian drama “Ghahreman” (hero) and Juho Kuosmanen’s Finnish railway adventure “Hytti No. 6” (compartment 6), as well as the jury award. Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (“Memoirs”) and his Israeli colleague Nadav Lapid (“Ahed’s Knee”) had to share. Both Rysuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”)’s Screenplay Award and Leos Carax’s (“Annette”) Director’s Award can be said to be a consolation for losing important trophies-in fact it can easily become another detour. Norwegian Renate Reinsve (Joachim Trier’s “Verdens verste menneske” best actress) and American Caleb Landry Jones (Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram” best actor) are well-deserved honours: they both shine in Cannes.
Despite playing three protagonists in the competition film, the fact that Léa Seydou did not win the prize is still surprising. On Thursday, in Bruno Dumont’s “France”, she finally got her long-standing grand appearance. As a star TV reporter in a life crisis, she gracefully played the true star of the press on the wall. Of course, it was known four days ago that Saidou would not come to Cannes because she was infected with the coronavirus. So she was not disappointed on the last night. Again, to remind the guests, spectators and recognized people of the festival, in 2021, everything on the Croisette will be the same as usual. It may be different next year.
