Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on how the Cannes jury chose the Palme d'Or "Parasite" – Deadline

Many on the ground thought it would be Pedro Almodovar's year and that Pain and glory I had it in the bag. This is not the case, because the South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has finally had his due the fifth time and won the Palme d'Or for his family thriller. Parasite about a poor working-class family that occupies a position considered for a rich family, an opportunity that goes a long way. And of course, we hit North Korea in the movie. Parasite even has something to say about the declining environment.

Alejandro González Iñárritu explained how the jury had reached a unanimous decision Parasite, "The film is a unique experience, it's an unexpected movie. It took us all. There is an unexpected way in which the film makes us cross different genres and speaks in a fun way about something relevant, urgent and global in such a locally effective film. "

That said, Iñárritu repeated that the jury had no political agenda or message to convey. "The cinema had to speak for itself," said the Birdman director.

Elle Fanning, who was the youngest member of the jury this year, said, "It's a fable, a beautiful fable, it deals with personal, vulnerable and emotional issues. It's quite valuable. "

Iñárritu says he is grateful for Fanning's "millennial" presence, offering different opinions from those of the older members of the jury.

Iñárritu appeared tonight with eight other members of the Cannes jury this year, including directors Yorgos Lanthimos (The favourite), Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy), Robin Campillo (120 BPM), Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War) and actress Elle Fanning. Iñárritu is the first Mexican jury president in the history of Cannes.

The film whose screening was screened this afternoon in Cannes was warmly applauded at the Debussy Theater, both during a captivating central part of the film and during the screening of the credits. The last time Joon-ho was here, he had Okja, a Netflix movie that, as we know, rubbed the exhibitors in French, because it was a film from the streaming service. This is Palme's second consecutive victory for an Asian director, here at the festival. Last year, Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda won the Palme for Thieves on display who has been nominated for an Oscar in a foreign language.

Some had a theory that Parasite was a black horse: given the precise and exciting camera movements of the film, this is the most award-winning film type Birdman director would like.

Before the festival, Iñárritu said: "I really believe in the liberating and humanizing power of cinema. I believe that the images and ideas conveyed by stories can have the power to hit you in your solar plexus and really change your mind … The world ends and we watch beautiful movies. That said, there's a movie that hits you in the guy when it comes to class warfare between rich and poor – he's Parasite.

Iñárritu said he shared Michael Moore's comments tonight on the stage about cinema: "Art is a reflection of the world".

NEON will publish Parasite in the USA.

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Young Ahmed follows a Belgian teenager develops a plot to kill his teacher after adopting an extremist interpretation of the Koran. Luc Dardenne, who with his brother Jean-Pierre Dardenne, said: "We have never received this award. We dreamed of it when we saw the Coen brothers get it. We thought it was really good for the filmmakers to get this award that deal with the actors, the DP, the sound engineers and the entire team. "

The brothers were impressed by their young star, Idir Ben Addi, who gave them a few surprises during the 45- to 50-day shoot. "As Truffaut said, you do not run a child, you give him benchmarks and an atmosphere, but it surprises us from time to time," said Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

"The cinema describes life," said Luc, "it leaves things that film captures with the movement of the body. We were trying to film a fanatical boy. His mind and body think of his cousin martyr … Religion educates the body. "

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Bacurau who shared the jury award with Ladj Ly's Wretched follows a filmmaker who decides to go to a village in the interior of Brazil to make a documentary. As the days go by, he begins to discover that locals are not exactly what they seem to be and hide dangerous secrets.

The co-director of the photo, Kleber Mendonça Filho, said: "The jury recognized what a genre film is. These films go under the radar at festivals. We have been developing this project for ten years and it is a genre film, but it talks about Brazil, the community and the violence, and we hope that this award will bring the film to light. "

"One has the feeling that the Brazilian is being demolished from the inside, so I hope this price will help us get funding," Filho said.

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Céline Sciamma took the best screenplay for his movie Portrait of a lady on fire that NEON manages in a distribution agreement with Hulu. The film follows a woman painter, Marianne, in the 18th century in Brittany, who falls in love with her young subject, Heloise, daughter of the countess, promised to a pretender. Marianne has to paint the wedding portrait of Heloise. The critics have compared Alfred Hitchcock (more precisely Rebecca). Sciamma talked about the eroticism of the photo.

"The erotic dimensions of the film have not been defended by anyone. There was great complicity and mutual understanding (with the actors). I am very happy that the public has found this erotic, because some people said that it lacked eroticism. I've tried to provide eroticism through new images, "said the filmmaker.

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Best actor of Pedro Almodovar Pain and glory was bittersweet for Antonio Banderas, his master not being there to win too. Banderas plays a director on the photo who reflects on his life choices while his world collapses around him. Many have read in the film that Banderas was playing Almodovar, and he has also recognized today: "Yes, there is something of it (in the role)".

"There is the title Pain and glory"Banderas said by establishing a connection with his current feelings after his victory." Today, the glory I live is yours. After 40 years, I was nominated for almost everything except the Oscar. I have never been called to the Emmys, Tonys, Golden Globes scene, they never called me. Today is good news for my cardiologist: for a second, I thought I was going to faint. "

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