CANNES '08 DISPATCH: Laurent Cantent's "The Class" Wins the Palme d'Or

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CANNES '08 DISPATCH: Laurent Cantent's "The Class" Wins the Palme d'Or
Filmmaker Magazine found this 5/25/2008 on www.indiewire.com [flag]
Laurent Cantet with his Palme d'Or, surrounded by kids from his film "Entre Les Murs" (The Class), tonight at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo by Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE [link]

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CANNES WINNERS
Published 5/25/2008 by Scott Macaulay (noreply@blogger.com) at Filmmaker Magazine
Indiewire has the winners of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and there are surprises all around. First, the Stateside scuttlebutt that Soderbergh's Che would be awarded the Palme d'Or was wrong. Benicio del Toro won the Best Actor award for the film, but the festival's top honor went to Laurent Cantet's Entre Les Murs ("The Class"), the latest from the director of Human Resources and Vers le Sud and the last film to screen for the jury. Here's the lede from ...

Cannes. Awards.
Published 5/25/2008 at GreenCine Daily
IndieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks have been tracking the awards at the Cannes Film Festival as they've been announced this evening, and they've just topped the list: the Palme d'Or this year goes to Laurent Cantet's Entre Les Murs (The Class). Further awards (and commentary as it comes in): Continued reading Cannes. Awards.... Comments (2) Comments on this Entry: (Karsten on May 25, 2008 12:03 PM) ...

Cannes Kudos: Winners Announced
Published 5/25/2008 by Kirsten Anderson at At The Movies - Film News and Reviews
... The votes are in and the prizes at the Cannes Film Festival have been announced. IndieWIRE posted the list for those of us not lucky enough to be on the Riviera (which includes me, and now I’m rather depressed about it). ...

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