カンヌ映画祭、仏作品が最高賞　女性監督が活躍

【カンヌＡＦＰ＝時事】第７６回カンヌ国際映画祭で２７日、フランスのジュスティーヌ・トリエ監督の『Ａｎａｔｏｍｙ ｏｆ ａ Ｆａｌｌ（原題）』が最高賞「パルムドール」を受賞した。今年は女性の活躍が目立った。（写真は第７６回カンヌ国際映画祭でスピーチをする最高賞「パルムドール」を受賞した『ＡＮＡＴＯＭＹ ＯＦ Ａ ＦＡＬＬ』のジュスティーヌ・トリエ監督〈中央〉）
　女性監督がパルムドールを受賞するのは３人目。同作は夫殺害の容疑に問われた女性作家をめぐる法廷劇で、ドイツ人俳優のザンドラ・ヒュラーも好演している。
　パルムドールなど賞を競うコンペティション部門の全２１作品中、７作品が女性監督の作品。複雑な女性を描いたものが多かった。
　記者会見では「この賞を受賞した３人目の女性となったことを非常にうれしく思う。状況はまさに変化していて、良い方向に向かっている」と述べた。
　『Ａｎａｔｏｍｙ ｏｆ ａ Ｆａｌｌ』では、重要な役を演じたボーダーコリー犬のメッシも、最も優秀な演技を披露した犬に贈られる「パルム・ドッグ賞」を受賞した。
　ドイツのヴィム・ベンダース監督の『Ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ Ｄａｙｓ（原題）』で主演した役所広司（６７）が男優賞を、脚本家の坂元裕二さんが是枝裕和監督の最新作『怪物』で脚本賞を受賞した。
　主な受賞結果は以下の通り。
〈パルムドール（最高賞）〉
『Ａｎａｔｏｍｙ ｏｆ ａ Ｆａｌｌ』ジュスティーヌ・トリエ監督
〈グランプリ〉
『Ｔｈｅ Ｚｏｎｅ ｏｆ Ｉｎｔｅｒｅｓｔ（原題）』ジョナサン・グレイザー監督
〈監督賞〉
『Ｔｈｅ Ｐｏｔ－ａｕ－Ｆｅｕ（原題）』トラン・アン・ユン監督
〈女優賞〉
メルヴェ・ディズダル『Ａｂｏｕｔ Ｄｒｙ Ｇｒａｓｓｅｓ（原題）』
〈男優賞〉
役所広司『Ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔ Ｄａｙｓ』
〈脚本賞〉
坂元裕二『怪物』
〈審査員賞〉
『Ｆａｌｌｅｎ Ｌｅａｖｅｓ（原題）』アキ・カウリスマキ監督
【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/05/29-17:12）

A tense courtroom drama about a writer accused of her husband's murder took the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, capping a strong year for women filmmakers.
French director Justine Triet became only the third woman ever to win the festival's top prize with the icy tale Anatomy of a Fall, led by a riveting performance from German actress Sandra Hueller.
Triet used her acceptance speech to slam the government of President Emmanuel Macron for the shocking way it imposed a law increasing the retirement age in France.
But she said she was deeply touched.
I am very pleased to be the third woman who has gotten this prize -- things are truly changing and for the best, she told reporters.
There were a record seven women among the 21 entries competing at Cannes this year, and many featured complex female characters.
Anatomy of a Fall included a standout performance by Messi -- the border collie who plays a pivotal role in the film, and won the Palm Dog award a day earlier.
Though Hueller did not win an award -- Cannes traditionally only gives one prize per film -- she was arguably the big winner on the night since she also starred in The Zone of Interest by Britain's Jonathan Glazer, which took the runner-up Grand Prix.
The harrowing and unique look at the private life of a Nazi family at the Auschwitz concentration camp never shows the horrors of the camp directly, leaving them implied by disturbing background noises and small visual details.
Hueller chillingly portrays the wife of the Nazi commandant, happily tending her garden and boasting she is the queen of Auschwitz.
- 'Intense' -
The jury of nine film professionals was led by last year's winner Ruben Ostlund (Triangle of Sadness), and included Hollywood stars Paul Dano and Brie Larson.
We had a lot of intense, fun discussions, Ostlund told reporters, adding that it was a very strong line-up.
Best director went to Vietnamese-born French filmmaker Tran Anh Hung for The Pot-au-Feu, a lustrous homage to French cuisine that was loved by many international critics but seemed to leave most local pundits cold.
He thanked his star Juliette Binoche, saying she was quite extraordinary in the film.
Best actor went to Japan's Koji Yakusho for Perfect Days. He thanked German director Wim Wenders for creating a magnificent character in the touching tale about a Tokyo toilet cleaner with a complex backstory.
There was a surprise choice for best actress in Turkey's Merve Dizdar for About Dry Grasses, the latest from previous Palme-winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Presenting the Palme d'Or, Hollywood legend Jane Fonda recalled the first time she came to Cannes in 1963.
There were no women directors competing at that time and it never even occurred to us that there was something wrong with that, she said.
We have come a long way.
- 'Deeply honoured' -
The third-place Jury Prize went to Aki Kaurismaki for his sweet, deadpan and very Finnish film Fallen Leaves that garnered huge cheers from festival-goers.
The 76th edition of the world's leading film get-together was a particularly glitzy affair, with world premieres for the new Indiana Jones and Martin Scorsese films playing out of competition.
Glazer received his award from Quentin Tarantino and 97-year-old cult director Roger Corman.
The festival often felt like a dream retirement home populated by ageing male icons from Hollywood.
Harrison Ford, 80, got weepy when he received an honorary Palme d'Or ahead of the premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Scorsese, also 80, said he was happy to stay out of the competition with his Native American epic Killers of the Flower Moon, joking to AFP: It's time for others. I got to go. There are kids around.
European auteurs Ken Loach, 86, Marco Bellocchio, 83, and Victor Erice, 82, all brought new films to the festival.