Romanian film wins top prize in Cannes
Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days, a Romanian illegal abortion story set in the final days of communism, was a favourite to beat the 21 other films to the title.
There was a dose of good news for Britain — which has no films in the official competition — when the acclaimed small-budget film Control got a mention.
The film, starring an unknown, Sam Riley, as well as Samantha Morton as Curtis’s wife, has been taking Cannes by storm.
The director had to plough his own money into the black-and-white film because he was refused public cash for his first feature.
US director Gus Van Sant won a prize for his new film Paranoid Park to celebrate Cannes 60th anniversary.
He previously won the Palme d’Or for Elephant in 2003.
Another US filmmaker, Julian Schnabel, won best director for The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, a French film about the editor of French Elle who overcame the odds by managing to communicate with just his left eye after suffering a massive stroke.
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