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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Triangle of Sadness’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Fest

Director Ruben Ostlund (C) poses with the Palm d'Or Award for the movie "Triangle of Sadness" during the Closing Awards Ceremony of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 28 May 2022. (EPA)

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund’s class warfare comedy “Triangle of Sadness” won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, giving Ostlund one of cinema’s most prestigious prizes for the second time.

Ostlund, whose art-world send-up “The Square” took the Palme in 2017, pulled off the rare feat of winning Cannes’ top award for back-to-back films. “Triangle of Sadness,” featuring Woody Harrelson as a Marxist yacht captain and a climactic scene with rampant vomiting, pushes the satire even further.

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