Controversial and sarcastic, “Triangle of Sadness” wins the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; see the list of awardees

The film “Triangle of Sadness” by the director Ruben Östlund, was the big winner of the Palme d’Or at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. This is the second time that a film by the director has won the Festival’s top prize, the previous one being “The Square” in 2017.

“Triangle of Sadness” brings together several controversial sequences that promise to stir the audience by showing a hypocritical, racist, classist and greedy consumer society.

In the story, a couple of fashion celebrities are invited on a luxury cruise for wealthy people. Of course, the trip will turn into chaos. In certain passages, vomit and feces will stir the viewer’s stomach.

Other highlights of the awards were the victory of the actor Song Kang-hofor “Broker”, a feature by directorHirokazu Kore-edaGrand Prix and Jury Prize draws, plus a special prize for the Dardenne brothersmulti-award winning duo at the Festival.

Check out the full list of winners:

• Palme d’Or: “Triangle of Sadness” by Ruben Östlund
• Grand Prix (tie): “Stars at Noon” by Claire Denis and “Close, from Lukas Dhont
• Best Director: Park Chan-Wookfor “Decision to Leave”
• Jury Prize (tie): “Le Otto Montagne” by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen and “EO”, from Jerzy Skolimowski
• Best Actor: Song Kang-hoby “Broker”
• Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimifor “Holy Spider”Zar Amir EbrahimiZar Amir Ebrahimi
• Best Screenplay: “Boy from Heaven” by Tarik Saleh
• Cannes Film Festival 75th Anniversary Special Award: “Tori et Lokita” by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
• Best First Film (Camera d’Or): “War Pony”, by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell
• Camera d’Or Special Mention: “Plan 75” by Chie Hayakawa
• Queer Palm: “Joyland” by Exit Sadiq
• Palm Dog: “War Pony” by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell
• Palme d’Or for Short Film: “The Water Murmurs” by Jianying Chen
• Short Film Special Mention: “Lori (Melancholy Of My Mother’s Lullabies” by Abinash Bikram Shah

This year’s jury was led by actor Vincent Lindon (“Titane”) and composed of Rebecca Hall (“Identity”), Noomi Rapace (“Lamb”), Joachim Trier (“The Worst Person in the World”), Asghar Farhadi (“The apartment”), Lady Ly (“The miserable”), Jeff Nichols (“The shelter”), Jasmine Trinca (“No One Is Saved Alone”) and Deepika Padukone (“xXx: Reactivated”).