Annal:2009 Festival de Cannes Jury Awards for Feature Films
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Results of the Festival de Cannes in the year 2009. For a ranked list of films, try the honor roll.
- <–2008
- Festival de Cannes
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The White Ribbon: (Das Weisse Band)
- 2009 Cannes Palme d’Or
- Score: 10.59
A village in Protestant northern Germany.
1913-1914. On the eve of World War I.
The story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers.
Strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual.
Who is behind it all?
A Prophet: Un prophète
- 2009 Cannes Grand Prix
- Score: 8.59
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.
But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans…
- 2009 Cannes Prix du Jury
- Score: 6.59
Fifteen year old Mia’s life is turned on its head when her Mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Touching on the themes of her Academy Award®-winning short “Wasp”, Fish Tank is an original and unique modern tale of our times.
Thirst: (Bak-Jwi)
- 2009 Cannes Prix du Jury
- Score: 6.59
Sang-hyun, a small town beloved and admired priest who serves devotedly at a hospital, volunteers for the new infectious disease, F.I.V.’s, vaccine development experiment and goes to Africa. The experiment fails and Sang-hyun gets infected by F.I.V. but he ends up being miraculously cured and returns home. News of Sang-hyun’s cure from F.I.V. spreads and people start believing he has the gift of healing and flock to receive his prayers.
From those who come to him, Sang-yun meets a childhood friend named Kang-woo and his wife Tae-ju. Sang-hyun is immediately drawn to Tae-ju. One day, Sang-hyun coughs up blood, dies, and comes back to life the next day as a vampire. Tae-ju gets attracted to Sang-hyun, turned vampire, and they have a secret love affair. Sang-hyun asks Tae-ju to run away with him but she turns him down. Instead, they plot to kill Kang-woo…
- <–2008
- Festival de Cannes
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