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Cannes Film Festival 2024: Jesse Plemons Wins Best Actor For Kinds of Kindness; DETAILS
Jesse Plemons won Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival 2024 edging out nominees like Sebastian Stan who portrayed Trump in The Apprentice, Ben Whishaw who played Soviet poet in Limonov: The Ballad, and more.
As this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival comes to an end, actor Jesse Plemons took home the honor of Best Actor for the film Kinds of Kindness, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Plemons, who stars in three roles: a businessman, a police officer, and a cult member in the film, was chosen by the jury presided over by Greta Gerwig, a noted auteur and Barbie’s director.
Jesse Plemons beats Sebastian Stan, Ben Whishaw and Adam Driver in the race for Best Actor award
Plemons stood against nominees Sebastian Stan who portrayed Donald Trump in The Apprentice, Ben Whishaw who played the role of a Soviet poet in Limonov: The Ballad, and Adam Driver’s ambitious architect in Megalopolis.
Kinds of Kindness had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, which was attended by Plemons, along with co-stars Emma Stone, William Dafoe, and Joe Alwyn.
The film prompted rave reviews from critics, with some calling it the best work from Lanthimos, who previously received attention for Emma Stone starrer Poor Things.
Who took home other major awards at Cannes Film Festival 2024?
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival’s award show, hosted this time by Camille Cottin, presented major awards like the Palme d’Or, Grand Prix, and the Jury Prize.
Comprised of noted director Greta Gerwig, Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, Turkish actor-screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, American actor Lily Gladstone, French actors Eva Green and Omar Sy and Lebanese actor-director Nadine Labaki, the jury had a special prize this time for Mohammad Rasoulof.
Rasoulof, an Iranian director who had to flee his home state upon prison sentence of 8 years for creating the political film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, received a standing ovation from the jury.
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light won the Grand Prix, the second most prestigious award after Palme d’Or. This marked Kapadia’s feature debut, while also making her the first Indian director to receive the honor.
The Best Actress honor was awarded to Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez for Emilia Pérez, directed by former Palme d’Or winner Jacques Audiard. The film took home the honor of Jury Prize as well.
Meanwhile, Sean Baker's Anora emerged as the biggest winner of the night, bagging this year's Palme d’Or award. Star Wars creator George Lucas also received the honorary Palme d’Or during the Cannes closing ceremony while Meryl Streep earned the same honor during the opening day.
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