Elephant wins top Cannes prize

“Elephant,” Gus Van Sant’s film about a high school shooting in America, tonight won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

The screenwriting prize went to Denys Arcand for “The Barbarian Invasions.” He also directed the French-Canadian film about a man who confronts death with humour and sharp intelligence. The movie seemed to touch the most hearts in Cannes, and had many viewers wiping away tears.