Considered one of the most important cinematographic distinctions, the awarding of a Palme d’or also includes major artistic, financial and media issues. A guarantee of quality and high standards for the public, it thus enables its winner to immediately obtain worldwide fame, to find a distributor more easily and to increase the number of spectators in theatres. While waiting for the opening of 72nd Cannes Film Festivalso it seemed useful to us to take the time for this exhaustive summary of the films and directors crowned with this prestigious award.
1939 :
– Pacific Express (Palme d’or retrospective) Cecil B. DeMille
1946 :
– Torments Alf Sjöberg
– The Poison Billy Wilder
– The earth will be red Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr.
– Lower Town Chetan Anand
– Brief Encounter David Lean
– Maria Candelaria Emilio Fernandez
– The decisive turning point Fridrikh Ermler
– The Pastoral Symphony Jean Delannoy
– The Last Chance Leopold Lindtberg
– The Wingless Men František Čáp
– Rome, open city Roberto Rossellini
1947 :
– Ziegfeld Follies Vincente Minnelli
– Dumbo Ben Sharpsteen
– The Accursed René Clément
– Antoine and Antoinette Jacques Becker
– Crossfire Edward Dmytryk
1948 :
– No festival that year
1949 :
– The Third Man Carol Reed
1950 :
– No festival that year
1951 :
– Miss Julie Alf Sjöberg
– Miracle in Milan Vittorio de Sica
1952 :
– Othello Orson Welles
– Two pennies of hope Renato Castellani
1953 :
– The Wages of Fear Henri-Georges Clouzot
1954 :
– The Gate of Hell Teinosuke Kinugasa
1955 :
-Marty Delbert Mann
1956 :
– The World of Silence Jean-Yves Cousteau and Louis Malle
1957 :
– The Law of Lord William Wyler
1958 :
– When the storks pass Mikhail Kalatozov
1959 :
– Orfeu Negro Marcel Camus
1960 :
– La dolce vita Federico Fellini
1961 :
– Such a long absence Henri Colpi
– Viridiana Luis Bunuel
1962 :
– The word given Anselmo Duarte
1963 :
– The Cheetah Luchino Visconti
1964 :
– The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy
1965 :
– The Knack… and how to get it Richard Lester
1966 :
– A man and a woman Claude Lelouch
– These ladies and gentlemen Pietro Germi
1967 :
– Blow-Up Michelangelo Antonioni
1969 :
– If…Lindsay Anderson
1970 :
– M*A*S*H Robert Altman
1971 :
– The Messenger Joseph Losey
1972 :
– The working class goes to heaven Elio Petri
– The Mattei Francesco Rosi Affair
1973 :
– The Misunderstanding Alan Bridges
– The Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg
1974 :
– Francis Ford Coppola Secret Conversation
1975 :
– Chronicle of the ember years Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
1976 :
– Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese
1977 :
– Padre padrone Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1978 :
– The Ermanno Olmi Clog Tree
1979 :
– Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola
– The Volker Schlöndorff Drum
1980 :
– Let the show begin Bob Fosse
– Kagemusha, Shadow Warrior Akira Kurosawa
nineteen eighty one :
– The Iron Man Andrzej Wajda
1982 :
– Missing Costa Gavra
– Yol, permission Yılmaz Güney and Şerif Gören
1983 :
– The Ballad of Narayama Shōhei Imamura
1984 :
– Paris, Texas Wim Wenders
1985 :
– Dad is on a business trip Emir Kusturica
1986 :
– Mission Roland Joffe
1987 :
– Under Satan’s Sun Maurice Pialat
1988 :
– Shovel the conqueror Bille August
1989 :
– Sex, Lies and Video Steven Soderbergh
1990 :
– Sailor and Lula David Lynch
1991 :
– Barton Fink Joel Coen
1992 :
– Best Intentions Bille August
1993 :
– Farewell my concubine Chen Kaige
– The Jane Campion Piano Lesson
1994 :
– Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino
1995 :
– Underground Emir Kusturica
1996 :
– Secrets and Lies Mike Leigh
1997 :
– The Taste of Cherry Abbas Kiarostami
– Shōhei Imamura Eel
1998 :
– Eternity and a Day Theo Angelopoulos
1999 :
– Rosetta Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
2000 :
– Dancer in the Dark Lars von Trier
2001 :
– The bedroom of the son Nanni Moretti
2002 :
– Pianist Roman Polanski
2003 :
– Elephant Gus Van Sant
2004 :
– Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore
2005 :
– The Child Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
2006 :
– The Wind Rises Ken Loach
2007 :
– 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days Cristian Mungiu
2008 :
– Between the walls Laurent Cantet
2009 :
– The White Ribbon Michael Haneke
2010 :
– Uncle Boonmee, the one who remembers his past lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2011 :
– The Tree of Life Terence Malick USA
2012 :
– Love Michael Haneke
2013 :
– The Life of Adele Abdellatif Kechiche, Léa Seydoux, Adele Exarchopoulos
2014 :
– Winter Sleep Nuri Bilge Ceylan
2015 :
– Dheepan Jacques Audiard
2016 :
– I, Daniel Blake Ken Loach
2017 :
– The Square Ruben Ostlund
2018 :
– A Hirokazu Kore-eda Family Affair
2019:
– Parasite by Bong Joon Ho
2021:
– Titanium by Julia Ducournau
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