Cannes Critics’ Week Winners: ‘La Gradiva’ Scoops Grand Prize
La Gradiva, directed by Marine Atlan, has won the Grand Prize at Cannes Critics' Week. The film explores the emotional journeys of French high-school students visiting the ruins of Pompeii. Other notable awards included the Rising Star Award for Aina Clotet and the Gan Foundation Award for Zou Jiung's A Girl Unknown.
- ▪La Gradiva won the top Ami Paris Grand Prize at Cannes Critics' Week.
- ▪The film follows French high-school students on a trip to Naples to explore Pompeii.
- ▪Aina Clotet received the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for her film Viva.
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- ▪ ‘La Gradiva’ Wins Cannes Critics’ Week — The Hollywood Reporter
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La Gradiva French director Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva has scooped the top Ami Paris Grand Prize in the competition of Cannes parallel section Critics’ Week. The first film follows a group of French high-school students who travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. Emotions and desires spill out against the backdrop of the ancient site and its beauty. This year’s jury was presided over by Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, who was joined by Quebecois actor Théodore Pellerin, singer-songwriter Oklou, Ghanaian-British producer Ama Ampadu, and journalist and director of the Bangkok World Film Festival Donsaron Kovitvanitcha.
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