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‘Fjord’ by Romania’s Cristian Mungiu wins Cannes top film prize
Key takeaways
- This marks the second time that Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has won the prestigious Palme d’Or prize.
- Mungiu won his second Palme d’Or at a star-packed closing ceremony at the festival on Saturday.
- The drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve is centred around the clash of values that ensues when a religious family relocates from Romania to a Norwegian village.
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This marks the second time that Romanian director Cristian Mungiu has won the prestigious Palme d’Or prize.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Cristian Mungiu accepts the Palme d'Or for "Fjord" during the awards ceremony of the 79th Cannes Film Festival in southern France on May 23, 2026 [Andreea Alexandru/AP]By AFP and APPublished On 23 May 202623 May 2026Fjord, a thought-provoking drama about a Christian family in Norway from Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, has won the best film prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Mungiu won his second Palme d’Or at a star-packed closing ceremony at the festival on Saturday.
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