Great (anti-) War movies win Palme D'Or awards at Cannes

[tocqueville]

British director Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," a saga set amid Ireland's struggle for independence in the early 1920s, won top honors Sunday in a unanimous vote at the Cannes Film Festival.

(no official site yet)


Days of Glory (Indigènes) France (best-male actor honor)
The film relates the forgotten story of the soldiers known as “Indigènes” following the epics of four of them: Abdelkader, Saïd, Messaoud and Yassir (le goumier) a mobile corps, reputed for their endurance, ground sense , and courage in close combat. They are sent to the front line.

http://www.indigenes-lefilm.com/

Flanders (France)

The grand prize for second-place film was given to French director Bruno Dumont's "Flanders," a stark drama following soldiers from dreary farm country through a grisly tour of duty in the Middle East.

http://www.cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=64724

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three movies involving colonial war (UK, France), insurgents, muslims and even the middle east cannot be a coincidence...

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

1. I am so looking forward to seeing "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".

I mentioned to Mr. Wonderful this afternoon that it had won the Palme D'Or at Cannes and he even said he'll go and see it if/when it is released here in Chicago.

It'll be interesting to see what the British media make of this....