The 2013 Cannes Film Festival has now come to a close with the more desired Palme d’Or headed to the hands of Abdellatif Kechiche for Blue is the Warmest Color. Although this is one of the few films that I didn’t really have on my radar, apparently it got a lot of buzz from those at Cannes. Following the footsteps of a young, traditional girl who realizes that she has feelings for an older woman, this film got lots of buzz for its ultra-realistic 10-minute girl-on-girl sex scene.

Outside of that big first place prize, Joel and Ethan Coen won the Grand Prix for Inside Llewyn Davis, Amat Escalante won Best Director for Heli and Kore-Eda Hirokazu‘s Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) won the Jury Prize.

On the acting side of the equation, Bruce Dern took home Best Actor for his role in Alexander Payne‘s Nebraska and Berenice Bejo won Best Actress for The Past.

Perhaps the worst news to come out of Cannes is that Nicholas Winding Refn‘s Only God Forgives, which was one of my most anticipated films of the year, got booed at its premiere for being overly-violent and overly-artsy. Damn shame.

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