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Black-comic thriller from South Korean director of Okja and Snowpiercer takes the top honours at the 72nd edition of the festival. Bong is the first Korean director to have won the top award at Cannes, after last appearing in competition with Okja in 2017. He is the second Asian winner in successive years, after Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda triumphed in 2018 with Shoplifters. Full list of awards:
Palme d’Or Parasite (dir Bong Joon-ho) Grand Prix Atlantique (dir Mati Diop) Best director Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Young Ahmed Best actor Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory Best actress Emily Beecham, Little Joe Jury prize (ex aqueo) Les Misérables (dir Ladj Ly); Bacurau (dir Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho) Best screenplay Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire Special Mention Elia Suleiman, It Must Be Heaven Camera d’Or Our Mothers (dir Cesar Diaz)
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