Throughout
the
Film
Festival,
there
were
surprises
all
round
with
anticipated
movie
releases,
red
carpet
and
events.
However,
as
the
jury
led
by
Presidents
Joel
and
Ethan
Coen
gave
one
of
the
biggest
awards
of
the
Cannes
Film
Festival,
Best
Actress
jointly
to
both
Rooney
Mara
for
'Carol',
and
Emmanuelle
Bercot
for
'Mon
Roi'
(My
King).
It
was
surprising
as
Rooney's
co-star,
Academy
Award
winner,
Cate
Blanchett
was
expected
to
share
the
Best
Actress
award
after
being
getting
huge
accolades
for
her
performance
in
the
Todd
Haynes'
`50s
lesbian
drama.
Best
actor
was
swept
away
by
Vincent
Lindon,
the
veteran
French
actor
of
Stéphane
Brizé's
'The
Measure
of
a
Man'.
Courtesy
of
Twitter/AFP
The
biggest
award
of
the
night
Palme
d'Or
went
to
French
director,
Jacques
Audiard
for
the
thriller
refugee
film,
'Dheepan'.
The
movie
shows
a
Tamil
freedom
fighter,
a
Tiger.
He
flees
from
Civil
War
to
a
asylum
in
Europe
to
start
a
new
life
but
the
daily
violence
he
confronts
quickly
reopens
his
war
wounds,
and
Dheepan
is
forced
to
reconnect
with
his
warrior's
instincts.
Speaking
as
he
received
the
award,
Audiard
said,
"I'm
very
moved.
To
receive
a
prize
from
the
Coen
brothers
is
exceptional.
There's
only
the
Dardenne
brothers."
The
runner-up
prize
(The
Grand
Prix),
went
to
'Son
of
Saul',
a
grim
Holocaust
drama
by
first-time
Hungarian
director
László
Nemes.
Hou
Hsiao-Hsien
won
Best
Director
for
his
first
feature
in
eight
years:
'The
Assassin'.
Short
Film
Palme
d'Or
went
to
Waves
'98
by
Ely
Dagher.
The
Palme
was
decided
by
a
jury
headed
by
the
Coen
brothers.
The
Coen
brothers
took
the
coveted
award
in
1991
for
'Barton
Fink'.