Catherine Deneuve photo by Berutti63 

Entre les Murs won the Cannes Film Festival Palm d’Or which is set in Paris and is about maintaining control of a modern French class room environment using real atudents and strangely enough is the first french film to win the prestiogious award since 1987.  Catherine Deneuve (pictured) won a special prize acting in “A Christmas Tale” along with  Clint Eastwood and his direction of the film “Exchange” starring Angelina Jolie.  Angelina Jolie who was tipped to win a prize was beaten to the best actress award by actress Sandra Corveloni in the film “Line of Passage”.

Catherine Deneuve photo by Berutti63

Full list of award winners in the BBC article below:

School movie wins Cannes honour
French movie The Class, about life in a tough Paris school, has won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The prize, awarded by a jury headed …Source: BBC News, UK 

French school film is the Class act in Cannes By Arifa Akbar, Arts Correspondent, and Ben Clover The Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or was won by the French production Entre les murs (The Class) last …  Source: Independent, UK

Cannes 2008: The final word
Entre les Mur was a worthy winner of the Palme d’Or. Elsewhere, Wenders was awful, Eastwood cumbersome and Taylor-Wood sweet-natured and sexy Laurent Canet, …Source: guardian.co.uk, UK 

French flick takes the Palme d’Or
Toronto Star,  Canada
CANNES, FRANCE–A French film about a teacher struggling to connect with his students took the Palme d’Or last night at the close of the 61st Cannes Film …

Entre Les Mur the Palm D’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival 2008 IN FRENCH!

 

 

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