The 2015 Cannes Film Festival has come to a close and the winners of the prestigious awards have been revealed. The honor of the Palme d'Or was bestowed upon Jacques Audiard's "Dheepan", a crime drama that tells the story of a Sri Lankan Tamil freedom fighter who flees to France and ends up working as the caretaker of a run-down housing block in the suburbs. This year's jury was headed by Joel and Ethan Coen and featured Guillermo del Toro, Jake Gyllenhaal, Xavier Dolan, Sophie Marceau, Rossy de Palma, Rokia Traoré, and Sienna Miller.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Palme d'Or: Dheepan, directed by Jacques Audiard
Grand Prix: Son of Saul, directed by Laszlo Nemes
Best Director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien for The Assassin
Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man
Best Screenplay: Chronic, written by Michel Franco
Camera d'Or (Best First Feature): La Tierra y la Sombre, directed by Cesar Acevedo
Best Actress: Rooney Mara for Carol and Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon Roi (Shared Prize)
Palme d'Or (Short Film): Waves ’98, directed by Ely Dagher
Jury Prize: The Lobster, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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