Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize Nineteen years after his searing abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the top prize at the Cannes film festival, Cristian Mungiu’s English-language debut, Fjord, has repeated the trick. The film, which stars Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as Romanian religious parents who relocate to Norway, where they find themselves accused of child abuse, makes Mungiu, 58, the 1...

By Catherine Shoard

‘Fjord’ by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu wins Cannes top film prize

This marks the second time that Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has won the prestigious prize.

‘Fjord’ by Romania’s Mungiu wins Palme d’Or at Cannes

Cristian Mungiu’s Norway-set drama about political polarisation Fjord has won the Palme d’Or, handing the Cannes Film Festival’s top honour for the second time to Mungiu, the Romanian director of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. At a 79th Cannes Film Festival that saw few films break out, Fjord found wide admiration for its engrossing tale of what Mungiu called “left-wing fundamentalism”. It stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as Romanian Evangelicals who move to Norway, but soon after have...

By Associated Press

Neon Extends Cannes Run to Seven Consecutive Palme d’Or Wins With Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’

Cristian Mungiu claimed his second Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night, as “Fjord” brought Neon its seventh consecutive top prize from the Croisette. The win extends a run for the U.S. distributor that has reshaped the modern Cannes record books. Neon arrived at the 79th edition with pre-festival deals already in […]

By Naman Ramachandran

Andrey Zvyagintsev Calls On Russian President Vladimir Putin To End “The Butchery” In Cannes Grand Prize-Winning Speech

Exiled Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end “the butchery” as he accepted his Grand Prize for Minotaur at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. “Millions of people on both sides of the front ine dream of only one thing: for the massacres to stop,” he said in Russian to the […]

By Melanie Goodfellow