Directors Tran Anh Hung and Pham Thien An win at Cannes Film Festival 2023

Tran Anh Hung is the Vietnamese film director who has won the most international awards ever.

Đạo diễn Trần Anh Hùng và hai diễn viên chính trên thảm đỏ LHP Cannes 2023. (Ảnh: Getty Images)

Director Tran Anh Hung won the Best Director award for the film La passion de Dodin Bouffant and the two main actors on the red carpet of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. (Source: Getty Images)

Director Tran Anh Hung, who holds dual Vietnamese and French citizenship, won the Best Director award for his film La passion de Dodin Bouffant from the Cannes Film Festival jury, along with director Pham Thien An, who won the Golden Lens award for his film Inside the Golden Cocoon at the closing ceremony held on the evening of May 27 local time.

La passion de Dodin Bouffant , adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Marcel Rouff, tells the love story between young kitchen maid Eugenie, played by actress Juliette Binoche, who works alongside famous chef Dodin, played by actor Benoit Magimel.

During 20 years of working together, they developed a deep affection stemming from their shared love of culinary arts.

Together, they created many special dishes that amazed diners. However, in the end, Eugenie, always wanting to be free, refused to marry Dodin. The famous chef decided to give her the gift of a private meal.

Born in 1962 in Da Nang, Tran Anh Hung is the Vietnamese film director who has won the most international awards to date.

He has affirmed his reputation in European and world cinema, including many films set in Vietnam.

Meanwhile, director Pham Thien An won the Golden Lens Award from the Association of Filmmakers. The film Inside the Golden Cocoon was screened in the La Quainzaine des Cinéastes (Directors' Fortnight) program of the Cannes Film Festival.

Pham Thien An won the directing award for the short film Be Awake and Be Ready at this festival in 2019.

The president of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, Swedish director Ruben Östlund, awarded the Palme d'Or to French actress Justine Triet for her film Anatomie d'une chute .

This is the 10th French actor to receive this prestigious award in 76 festivals.

The grand prize was won by British director Jonathan Glazer for The Zone of Interest , while the screenplay award went to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.

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