The current Palme d'Or winner for best film at Cannes sparked political controversy after she used her speech to sharply attack the French government's cultural policy..

Accepting the award for Anatomy of a Fall, director Justine Triet said that " She added that without this cultural heritage, she would not be here today..

In the speech, Triet also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron, who signed a controversial bill last month to raise France's retirement age from 62 to 64 despite widespread protests..

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Triet said her country "

The remarks prompted a quick reaction from French Minister of Culture Rimma Abdoul Malak, who said she was delighted to see the award the French director received, but was "

Recall that the best director of Cannes 2023 was Tran Anh Hung for the film The Pot-au-Feu, in which French actors Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel play chefs who fall in love at work.

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Japanese acting legend Koji Yakusho won Best Actor for his role as the tree-loving, taciturn Tokyo janitor in Wim Wenders' Perfect Days.. This is a performance in which the complexity of the character's feelings about the natural world and the details of his traumatic past as a member of a wealthy family become apparent as the story slowly unfolds..

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The best actress was Merve Dizdar, the star of the Turkish drama " Dizdar captivated many critics with the role of Nurai, a village teacher. "

The Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival went to Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki for his film Fallen Leaves, in which Alma Posti plays a supermarket clerk leading a lonely existence until she meets a drunk construction worker who also seems to be drifting through life..

Full list of 76th Cannes Film Festival prizes.

Palme d'Or: Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet.

Grand Prize: Jonathan Glaser's Zone of Interest.

Best Director Award: Tran Anh Hung for The Passion of Dodin Buffant.

Jury Prize:

Dead Leaves of Aki Kaurismaki.

Screenplay Award: Yuuji Sakamoto for Hirokazu Koreda's "

Best Actress Award: Merve Dizdar for Dry Herbs.

Best Actor Award: Koji Yakusho for Perfect Days.

Camera d'or: Golden Butterfly Tree Tien An Pham.

Palme d'Or for a short film: 27 Flora Anna Buda.

Short Film Jury Special Distinction: Far, Gunnur Martinsdottir Schluter.

Honorary Palme d'Or: Michael Douglas and Garrison Ford.