The Cannes Film Festival wrapped on Saturday night with one of the zaniest prize ceremonies on record, punctuating what had already been a surreal two weeks on the Riviera.
Capping off the proceedings was the Palme d’Or win for Julia Ducournau’s audacious genre title Titane which anoints the French director as only the second female ever to take the top gong — and that’s a big deal for a festival that has struggled with issues of parity in the past.
That the Palme was inadvertently revealed by jury president Spike Lee at the start of the ceremony only added to the atmosphere.
Overall, the refrain we heard from attendees throughout these past two weeks — particularly those who are veterans of the event — was, “This just feels weird.” That.
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