Palme d’or: Dheepan, dir. Jacques Audiard
Grand Prix (second prize): Son of Saul, dir. Laszlo Nemes.
Best Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien, The Assassin
Jury Prize – The Lobster, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Best Actress: Rooney Mara, Carol & Emmanuelle Bercot, Mon Roi
Best Actor: Vincent Lindon, Measure of a Man
Camera d’Or – Land and Shade, writer/director Cesar Acevedo
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re: Ryan’s “Hell, based on the trailer alone I can see that Mara appears to be reaching deeper and showing us levels we have not ever seen from her before — more so than Blanchett seems to be (at least in the only glimpses most of us have seen.)”
I’ve seen it and this is 100% true, as I stated on another thread where people who haven’t seen it dismissed my opinion because it wasn’t falling in line with what “IMDB commenters” thought.
As for the Lead vs. Supporting arguments, I agree that there is no way Blanchett won’t be campaigned in Lead and the film supports such a claim. I also don’t think she’s out of contention for the win because of either a) not winning at Cannes or b) winning two years ago. She gives a great performance and could pull out a win. From my POV, Mara should also be campaigned in Lead, but I recognize the difficulty in that from a campaign perspective and if they put her in Supporting I don’t think it’s fraudulent. I also don’t think a Supporting award is a less-than version of a Lead award so honestly who cares.