May 26, 2019 8:53 AM

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Bong Joon Ho's 'Parasite' strikes gold at Cannes this year

<span style="color: #222222;">South Korean director Bong Joon Ho's "Parasite" bagged the Palme d'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in France. Bong Joon Ho received the festival's coveted top prize from French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve at a closing ceremony Yesterday. Belgium's Dardenne brothers won the best director award for their story of a radicalised Muslim youth "Young Ahmed". British actress Emily Beecham won the best actress award for psychological chiller "Little Joe". Antonio Banderas named the best actor for his role of a filmmaker in Pedro Almodovar's self-reflexive "Pain and Glory". <br />'' <br />'' The Jury Prize was shared by two films — French-Malian Ladj Ly's "Les Miserables" and the Brazilian entry "Bacurau", directed by Kleber Mendonce Filho and Juliano Dornelles.</span><br />

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