London
(ANI):
Thai
film
'Uncle
Boonmee
Who
Can
Recall
His
Past
Lives'
has
won
the
Palme
d'Or
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.
The
success
of
the
film
surprised
many
who
had
tipped
British
director
Mike
Leigh's
'Another
Year'
to
take
home
the
top
prize.
The
film,
directed
by
Apichatpong
Weerasethakul,
revolves
around
a
dying
man
who
is
visited
by
his
late
wife
and
his
missing
son,
who
has
become
an
ape.
"I
would
like
to
thank
all
the
spirits
and
all
the
ghosts
in
Thailand
who
made
it
possible
for
me
to
be
here," the
BBC
quoted
Weerasethakul,
as
saying,
while
accepting
the
award.
He
had
won
the
third-place
jury
prize
at
Cannes
with
his
film
'Tropical
Malady' in
2004.
Tim
Burton,
who
led
the
nine-member
jury,
said:
"Each
and
every
one
of
us
has
some
favorites
that
didn't
make
it."
Javier
Bardem
and
Italian
actor
Elio
Germano
shared
the
Best
Actor
prize.
Bardem
took
home
the
award
for
his
role
in
Biutiful
and
Germano
for
'Our
Life'.
Juliette
Binoche
won
the
Best
Actress
title
for
'Certified
Copy'.
CANNES
WINNERS:
Palme
d'Or
-
Uncle
Boonmee
Who
Can
Recall
His
Past
Lives,
directed
by
Apichatpong
Weerasethakul
Best
director
-
Mathieu
Amalric
for
On
Tour
Best
actress
-
Juliette
Binoche
for
Certified
Copy
Best
actor-
Javier
Bardem
for
Biutiful
and
Elio
Germano
for
Our
Life
(shared)
Best
screenplay
-
Lee
Chang-Dong
for
Poetry
Grand
Prix
-
Of
Gods
and
Men
directed
by
Xavier
Beauvois
Jury
Prize
-
A
Screaming
Man
directed
by
Mahamat-Saleh
Haroun