At the commencement of the Cannes film festival awards ceremony, Cannes jury head Spike Lee let secret that the French shocker “Titane” had won the Palme d’Or.
Lee read out the winner of the top prize instead of announcing the best actor award, which appeared to be an oversight.
Caleb Landry Jones won the best acting prize at Cannes on Saturday for his unsettling performance in “Nitram,” a film about Australia’s worst mass shooting, which occurred in 1996.
Director Justin Kurzel faced heavy criticism in Australia for making a film about the Port Arthur massacre, which killed 35 people, but critics were won over at Cannes, with Variety calling it a “devastating study of evil” that showed “quiet regard for the victims’ dignity.”
Renate Reinsve, a Norwegian actress, was named best actress. Reinsve’s role in “The Worst Person in the World,” which she played for the first time, catapulted her to instant popularity thanks to a flurry of positive reviews.
