Fantastic Five! Neon Makes It Five Palme d’Or Winners In A Row As ‘Anora’ Scoops Cannes Top Prize
deadline.comIt just had to be, didn’t it. U.S. distributor Neon only had two movies in the Competition: Anora and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Neither could have fared any better with the critics and both won prizes tonight. It was Sean Baker’s Anora that stormed to the top prize on the Riviera, making it a remarkable five Palme d’Or wins in a row for Tom Quinn’s outfit Neon. “The future of cinema is where it started: in a movie theater,” said Baker, accepting his Palme d’Or.
Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall won last year, following the US distributor’s previous acquisitions Triangle Of Sadness, Titane and Parasite.
Palme d'Or X five. Merci, Cannes. pic.twitter.com/FimbVR1kUw New York-set romantic dramedy Anora is about a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
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