Cannes Film Festival Winners Analysis: Comedy, Humanity Takes Jury’s Heart Over Politics
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deadline.comOften, the juries at the Cannes Film Festival will try to make a political statement in their choices for the winners of the world’s most famous film festival.
Not this year. At least, not in the way they might have. I rather thought that director Mohammad Rasoulof would take the Palme d’Or for his stirring The Seed Of The Sacred Pig.
It deals with the oppressive regime in Iran and the crisis in one family, where the daughters rise up to protest against the wishes of their father, a judge handing out death sentences for those who make their voices heard.
Plus, the back story of Rasoulof’s own daring escape from his home country after making this movie in secrecy and also being handed an eight-year prison sentence, is also a strong one.
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