Chinese director Hu Guan’s drama Black Dog won the top Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize on Friday evening. Set on the edge of the Gobi desert in Northwest China, the drama revolves around a man who returns to his hometown after being released from jail.
While working for the local dog patrol team to clear the town of stray dogs before the Olympic Games, he strikes up an unlikely connection with a black dog.
The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together. The Jury Prize went to Boris Lojkine’s Paris-set, asylum-seeker tale The Story Of Souleymane.
It follows titular asylum-seeker Souleymane as he cycles around Paris delivering food, rehearsing his asylum application interview in his head.
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