Turkish director feted at home after Cannes win
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TURKEY yesterday celebrated the Cannes film festival success of director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who dedicated his Palme d’Or to victims of the political strife that have rocked the country.
Ceylan won the top prize on Saturday for his epic drama “Winter Sleep” and dedicated the award to the Turkish “youth who lost their lives” in anti-government protests that have become a major challenge to the 11-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“Great honour,” ran the headline in Posta newspaper. “The best news in months!” Sozcu newspaper wrote on its website, noting that the director had not “forgotten” to pay tribute to those who died.
“This beautiful and lonely country is proud of you,” Hurriyet newspaper wrote, referring to a previous acceptance speech by Ceylan, who dedicated his best director award in the 2008 Cannes Film Festival to “my beautiful and lonely country, which I love passionately.”
In a phone call after the award, Erdogan “congratulated Ceylan for making the nation proud one more time,” his office said.
Julianne Moore won best actress for her performance in David Cronenberg’s dark Hollywood satire “Maps to the Stars.” Screenwriter Bruce Wagner accepted the award for Moore and cheered the town he savagely parodies in the film: “Vive Los Angeles. Vive David Cronenberg. Vive Julianne Moore. And vive la France,” he said.
Best actor went to Timothy Spall, who stars as British painter J.M.W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biopic “Mr. Turner.” He spoke emotionally about a long, humble career that has often gone without such notice. “I’ve spent a lot of time being a bridesmaid,” said the veteran character actor, whose phone rang as he tried to read his speech from it. “This is the first time I’ve ever been a bride.”
Bennett Miller (“Capote,” ‘’Moneyball”) won best director for his wresting drama “Foxcatcher,” the American film that made the biggest impact at Cannes.
The jury prize was shared by the oddest of couples: Xavier Dolan’s “Mommy” and Jean-Luc Godard’s “Goodbye to Language.” The two were the oldest (Godard is 83) and youngest (Dolan is 25) directors at the festival.
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