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    "Winter Sleep" from Turkey wins Palme d'Or at Cannes 2014

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    By CWB News Department on 05/24/2014 News

    CANNES, France (AP) — The richly ruminative Chekhovian drama “Winter Sleep” was awarded the Palme d’Or on Saturday, bestowing the Cannes Film Festival’s top honor on an intimate, wintery epic set on Turkey’s Anatolian steppe.

    Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan accepted the award, handed out by Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman at the French Riviera festival. In his speech, Ceylan alluded to anti-government protests in Istanbul that began a year ago and have raged following a recent mining disaster that killed hundreds.

    “I want to dedicate the prize to the young people in Turkey and those who lost their lives during the last year,” said Ceylan.

    For the second year in a row, Cannes awarded its top honor to a film running more than three hours. The French lesbian coming-of-age tale “Blue Is the Warmest Color” won the Palme in 2013; this year, the jury, headed by Jane Campion, opted for Ceylan’s meditative character study about a retired actor running a hotel and lording over his village tenants.

    “I was scared. I said, ‘I’m going to need a toilet break,'” said Campion backstage about the three hour, 16 minute running time of “Winter Sleep.” But she said the film “took me in,” calling it “masterful” and “ruthless.”

    Accepting the award, Ceylan, who has twice won Cannes’ second-highest honor, the Grand Prix, noted it was the 100th anniversary of Turkish cinema.

    “It’s a beautiful coincidence,” he said. “Winter Sleep” is the second film by a Turkish director to win the Palme d’Or following Yilmaz Guney and Serif Goren’s “The Way” in 1982.

    Julianne Moore won best actress for her performance in David Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood satire “Maps to the Stars.” Screenwriter Bruce Wagner accepted the award for Moore and cheered the town he savagely parodies in the film: “Vive Los Angeles. Vive David Cronenberg. Vive Julianne Moore. And vive la France,” he said.

    Best actor went to Timothy Spall, who stars as British painter J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biopic “Mr. Turner.” He spoke emotionally about a long, humble career that has often gone without such notice.

    “I’ve spent a lot of time being a bridesmaid,” said the veteran character actor, whose phone rang as he tried to read his speech from it. “This is the first time I’ve ever been a bride.”

    Bennett Miller (“Capote,” ”Moneyball”) won best director for his wresting drama “Foxcatcher,” the American film that made the biggest impact at Cannes. Miller dedicated his award to his stars Channing Tatum, Steve Carell and Mark Ruffalo, as well as producer Megan Ellison.

    The jury prize was shared by the oddest of couples: Xavier Dolan’s “Mommy” and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Goodbye to Language.” The two were the oldest (Godard is 83) and youngest (Dolan is 25) directors at the festival.

    “Goodbye to Language” is a 3-D art-house sensation from the ever-experimental French master (who sent a short film in his absence from Cannes). “Mommy” is a French-language mother-son drama shot in an Instagram-like 1:1 aspect ratio (a square).

    Dolan, a Quebec filmmaker who has already made five features, told Campion that her films inspired him to write strong women characters. Campion’s “The Piano” won the Palme in 1993, the sole female director win.

    “There are no limits to our ambitions except those we build for ourselves,” said Dolan.

    Alice Rohrwatcher’s “The Wonders,” an Italian drama about a family of beekeepers, was the surprise winner of the Grand Prix. Rohrwatcher was one of two female directors among the 18 films in competition for the Palme d’Or.

    “Leviathan,” a tragic satire about small-town corruption in Russia by Andrey Zvyagintsev, took best screenplay. Though the film depicts corrupt local officials in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, it was made with financial support from that country’s Ministry of Culture.

    The Camera d’Or, an award for first-time filmmakers, went to “Party Girl,” a portrait of a 60-year-old nightclub hostess by a trio of directors: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis.

    Most surprisingly absent from Saturday’s awards ceremony was “Two Days, One Night,” the Dardenne brothers’ working-class drama starring Marion Cotillard. The Dardennes have twice before won the Palme d’Or (no one has ever won three).

    The ceremony marked the final festival for longtime Cannes President Gilles Jacob, who received a standing ovation. Following the awards, Tarantino introduced a 50th anniversary screening of Sergio Leone’s “A Fistful of Dollars.”

    All the winners:

    Competition
    FEATURE FILMS

    Palme d’Or
    WINTER SLEEP Directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
    Grand Prix
    LE MERAVIGLIE (THE WONDERS) Directed by Alice ROHRWACHER
    Award for Best Director
    Bennett MILLER for FOXCATCHER
    Award for Best Screenplay
    Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV for LEVIATHAN, Oleg NEGIN for LEVIATHAN
    Award for Best Actress
    Julianne MOORE in MAPS TO THE STARS Directed by David CRONENBERG
    Award for Best Actor
    Timothy SPALL in MR. TURNER Directed by Mike LEIGH
    Jury Prize
    MOMMY Directed by Xavier DOLAN
    ADIEU AU LANGAGE     (GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE) Directed by Jean-Luc GODARD
    SHORT FILMS

    Palme d’Or – Short Film
    LEIDI Directed by Simón MESA SOTO
    Short Film Special Distinction
    AÏSSA Directed by Clément TREHIN-LALANNE
    JA VI ELSKER (YES WE LOVE) Directed by Hallvar WITZØ

    Un Certain Regard
    Prize of Un Certain Regard
    FEHÉR ISTEN (WHITE GOD) Directed by Kornél MUNDRUCZÓ
    Jury Prize – Un Certain Regard
    TURIST Directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
    Un Certain Regard Special Prize
    THE SALT OF THE EARTH Directed by Wim WENDERS, Juliano RIBEIRO SALGADO
    Ensemble Prize
    PARTY GIRL Directed by Claire BURGER, Samuel THEIS, Marie AMACHOUKELI
    Prize of the best actor
    David GULPILIL in CHARLIE’S COUNTRY Directed by Rolf DE HEER

    Cinefondation
    1st Prize Cinéfondation
    SKUNK Directed by Annie SILVERSTEIN
    2nd Prize Cinéfondation
    OH LUCY! Directed by Atsuko HIRAYANAGI
    3rd Prize Cinéfondation Ex-aequo
    LIEVITO MADRE (SOURDOUGH) Directed by Fulvio RISULEO
    THE BIGGER PICTURE Directed by DAISY JACOBS

    Caméra d’or
    PARTY GIRL Directed by Samuel THEIS, Claire BURGER, Marie AMACHOUKELI

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