A 12 months after amassing his second Palme d‘Or for “Triangle of Unhappiness,” Ruben Östlund bestowed the identical honor to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” a thought-provoking authorized drama which purports to research the guilt or innocence of a preferred novelist (Sandra Hüller), accused of murdering her husband. However the movie is each bit as a lot an inquest into their marriage, bringing non-public particulars from the couple’s private life into the courtroom for the press, public and viewers to dissect, as if underneath a microscope.

Triet is simply the third lady to win the Palme d’Or (after Jane Campion for “The Piano” and “Titane” helmer Julia Ducournau, who joined Östlund on the jury this 12 months). The Prize was offered by Jane Fonda, who remarked on how far Cannes has come — setting a report for feminine illustration, with seven lady helmers in competitors this 12 months — for the reason that American star first attended. In accepting the award, Triet made some extent of acknowledging the protests towards French pension reform, which had been forbidden from the pageant.

Ducournau offered the Grand Prix to “The Zone of Curiosity” by Jonathan Glazer. An adaptation of the World Battle 2 novel by Martin Amis (who handed away in the course of the pageant), the haunting movie depicts the non-public lifetime of the German commandant (Christian Friedel) liable for executing numerous Jews at Auschwitz. The movie leaves these horrors largely off-screen, whereas specializing in the officer and his spouse (Hüller, who additionally starred within the Palme winner), asking audiences to contemplate the morality of the perpetrators.

The most effective actor award went to Kōji Yakusho, who performs a working-class Tokyo man in Wim Wenders’ “Excellent Days.” The character spends his mornings cleansing public bathrooms across the metropolis, whereas leaving himself free time to learn books, increase timber and observe the individuals round him. The most effective actress prize took the room without warning, honoring Turkish actor Merve Dizdar for her function as a rural college trainer who challenges the self-centered male protagonist in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s lengthy and philosophical “About Dry Grasses.”

Sakamoto Yûji gained the screenplay prize for Kore-eda Hirokazu’s “Monster,” which additionally acquired the Queer Palm the night time earlier than, whereas Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki took the Jury Prize for “Fallen Leaves,” a seemingly timeless love story between two strangers struggling to maintain their jobs, pressured into the current by radio dispatches from the conflict in Ukraine.

Directing honors went to Tran Anh Hung for “The Pot au Feu.” Set in Nineteenth-century France, the mouthwatering function focuses on the shared ardour between a celebrated gourmand (Benoît Magimel) and his prepare dinner (Juliette Binoche) of practically 20 years, which extends from the kitchen to their private lives. In accepting the prize, the director thanked his spouse, then corrected himself, figuring out her as “his prepare dinner” as a substitute.

Östlund co-presented the awards with fellow jurors Paul Dano and Brie Larson, Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian writer-director Rungano Nyoni, Afghan creator Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian writer-director Damián Szifrón and French director Ducournau.

A separate jury decides the Digital camera d’Or prize for finest first function. That award went to Vietnamese director Thien An Pham’s three-hour artwork movie “Contained in the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” which premiered within the Administrators’ Fortnight part.

Full record of prizes beneath.

COMPETITION

Palme d’Or: “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet

Grand Prix: “The Zone of Curiosity,” Jonathan Glazer

Director: Tran Anh Hung, “The Pot au Feu”

Actor: Kōji Yakusho, “Excellent Days”

Actress: Merve Dizdar, “About Dry Grasses”

Jury Prize: “Fallen Leaves,” Aki Kaurismaki

Screenplay: Sakamoto Yûji, “Monster”

OTHER PRIZES

Digital camera d’Or: “Contained in the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” Thien An Pham

Brief Movies Palme d’Or: “27,” Flóra Anna Buda.

Brief Movies Particular Point out: “Fár,” Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter

Golden Eye Documentary Prize: TBA

Queer Palm: “Monster”

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Un Sure Regard Award: “The right way to Have Intercourse,” Molly Manning Walker

Jury Prize: “Hounds,” Kamal Lazraq

Finest Director Prize: “The Mom of All Lies,” Asmae El Moudir

Freedom Prize: “Goodbye Julia,” Mohamed Kordofani

Ensemble Prize: “The Buriti Flower,” João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora, solid and crew

New Voice Prize: “Omen,” Baloji

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

Europa Cinemas Label: “Creatura,” Elena Martín

Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers Prize: “A Prince,” Pierre Creton

CRITICS’ WEEK

Grand Prize: “Tiger Stripes,” Amanda Nell Eu

French Contact Prize: “It’s raining in the home,” Paloma Sermon-Daï

GAN Basis Award for Distribution: Pyramide Movies, “Inshallah a boy”

Louis Roederer Basis Rising Star Award: Jovan Ginić, “Misplaced Nation”