Best Actor at Cannes

[Mark Nornes]

On May 23, 2004, at 5:02 AM, Aaron Gerow wrote:

> The news services reported that the 14-year-old Yanagi Yuuya won the 
> best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Nobody Knows 
> (Dare mo shiranai), directed by Koreeda Hirokazu.
>

I just watched the awards ceremony, which is on the festival website. 
Unfortunately, Yagira was not there (had to return to study for 
exams?!?!?  Poor kid). But it's worth noting that the jury was very 
nice to the Asians this year, an editing in which the Asian presence 
was stronger than ever. Park Chan-wook's Old Boy got the Grand Prix. 
Maggie Cheung best actress (for a French film, although she also 
appears in the new Wong Kar-wai film). And Apichatpong Weerasethakul 
got a jury prize for the Thai film Tropical Malady.

Interestingly enough, despite enjoying incredible buzz for being "long 
awaited" and rushed to the festival with only two hours to spare, 
Wong's 2046 has suddenly disappeared from the press after being 
overlooked by the jury. Sometimes it's not helpful to be the center of 
attention....but that thankfully did not hurt Michael Moore this year!

Markus
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