Japan’s Koji Yakuso, one of the most famous actors in his country, won the best actor award for his performance in Wim Wenders’ “Perfect days” at the 76th Cannes Film Festival this evening.

“I want to give a special thanks to Wim Wenders and the co-writer (…). You have created a wonderful character,” he said excitedly on stage accepting his award.

In this film from the director of the film “Paris, Texas” (Phoenix d’Or, 1984), Koji Yakuso plays Hirayama, an employee of the Tokyo public toilets, a silent and lonely man who slowly opens up to others.

Turkala Merve Dizdar won the best actress award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival this evening for her performance in the film “Dry Grasses” by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

“I would like to dedicate this award to all the women who struggle to overcome the difficulties of being in this world and keep hope” within themselves, said the actress, who plays a woman who falls in love with a teacher in a remote province of Turkey.

British director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer won the Grand Prix at the 76th Cannes Film Festival for his film “The Zone of Interest.”

The Grand Prix is ​​awarded to the second best film of the festival.

France’s Justine Trier won tonight the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival for “Anatomy of a Fall”, becoming the third female director to be awarded in the history of the Festival.

The 44-year-old filmmaker succeeds Jane Campion (The Piano Lesson, 1993) and Julia Ducourneau (Titan, 2021), confirming the slow pace towards equality in a film industry historically dominated by men.

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