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Cannes awards honor films on abortion and loss at festival
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu wins Palme d Or for 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days a stark study of illegal abortion in Communist Romania. Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest claims the Grand Prize while Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly takes Best Director. Special prize honors Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park and Konstantin Lavronenko Jeon Do Yeon win acting honors for The Banishment and Secret Sunshine.
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Cannes
Cristian Mungiu
Romania
Naomi Kawase
Julian Schnabel
Gus van Sant
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi
Iran
Vincent Paronnaud
Steller Licht
Carlos Reygadas
Mexico
Russia
Konstantin Lavronenko
South Korea
Jeon Do-yeon
United States
Jean Do-yeon