'Anatomy of a Fall', by French filmmaker Justine Triet, wins the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival

She becomes the third woman to win the contest and criticizes the pension reform in France

The film 'Anatomy of a fall (Anatomie d'une chute)', directed by the French filmmaker Justine Triet, has been awarded this Saturday with the Palme d'Or at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in which the Vietnamese director Thien An Pham has won the Golden Camera for a film co-produced with Spain.

This was announced at the closing gala of the festival, which on this occasion had a jury chaired by the Swede Ruben Östlund, winner of the main prize of the last edition and one of the nine filmmakers who have won the same award twice .

The actress Jane Fonda has been in charge of revealing the title of the Palme d'Or-winning film, a judicial thriller about the death of a man who falls from the second floor of his home in the French Alps, death of the that his wife is pointed out as a suspect.

With this film starring Sandra Hüller, Triet becomes the third woman to win the Palme d'Or in the 76 editions of the Cannes Film Festival after New Zealand's Jane Campion -- winner in 1993 for 'The Piano'--, in 1993- - and the also French Julia Doucurnau -- winner in 2021 with 'Titane'--.

When picking up the award, the filmmaker has vindicated the "historic and very powerful protest" against the pension reform in France and has denounced that it has been "scandalously repressed".

"This model of dominant power, increasingly uninhibited, is breaking into various areas. Although socially it is where it is most shocking, it can be seen in all other spheres of society. And cinema is no exception," he warned.

Likewise, she has lamented that the "commodification of culture defended by the neoliberal government is on the way to destroying the French cultural exception", the same one without which she, she has said, would not be at the closing of the 76th edition of the contest, whose award has been dedicated to young directors, also to those who currently "cannot make films".

He added, "a space" is owed to them: "The space that I occupied 15 years ago in a slightly less hostile world where it was still possible to make mistakes and start over."

GLAZER, GRAND JURY PRIZE

On the other hand, 'The zone of interest', by the British Jonathan Glazer, another of the films that started as a favourite, has won the Grand Jury Prize. Based on a novel by the recently deceased Martin Amis, it delves into the daily life of a Nazi commander and his family.

The Best Director award went to the Vietnamese Tran Anh Hung for 'La passion de Dodin Bouffant' and the Jury Award for 'Fallen leaves', by the Finnish Aki Kaurismäki, while the Japanese screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto won the Best Director award. Screenplay for 'Monster', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

In the Best Performance categories, the Japanese actor Koji Yakusho won for his role in the film 'Perfect days', by the German Wim Wenders, and the Turkish actress Merve Dizdar for 'About dry grasses', by the Turkish Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

GOLDEN CAMERA AND SHORT FILM

The Golden Camera has been for the film 'Inside the yellow cocoon shell', by the Vietnamese Thien An Pham. Presented as part of the Filmmakers' Fortnight, it is an international co-production with the Spanish production company Fasten Films, based in Barcelona.

On the other hand, the Franco-Hungarian production '27', by Flóra Anna Buda, won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film, a category in which the Spanish-French production 'Aunque es de noche', by the Spanish Guillermo Garcia Lopez.