TERRENCE MALICK’S THE TREE OF LIFE WINS PALME D’OR

The top prize for the 64th Cannes Film Festival was given to The Tree of Life, the anticipated film from the American director and writer Terrence Malick, reports Manohla Dargis for the New York Times. The notoriously reticent Malick did not appear to accept his award, which was introduced by Jane Fonda. The competition jury president, Robert De Niro, hurriedly announced the winner. In addition to De Niro, the jury included the actors Uma Thurman, Jude Law, and Martina Gusman; the writer Linn Ullmann (the daughter of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman); and the directors Olivier Assayas, Johnnie To, and Mahamat Saleh Haroun. To read Melissa Anderson’s coverage of the festival click here.