Cannes: ‘Lerd’ Wins Top Award in Un Certain Regard Section
Mohammed Rasoulof’s “Lerd” (“A Man of Integrity”) has been named the best film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, a jury headed by Uma Thurman announced on Saturday in an awards ceremony at the Salle Debussy.
Michel Franco won the Jury Prize, essentially the second-place award, for “April’s Daughter.”
In addition to Thurman, the jury also included Egyptian director Mohamed Diab, Belgian director Joachim Lafosse, French actor Reda Kateb and Karlovy Vary Film Festival director Karel Och.
Un Certain Regard consisted of 18 films, including Valeska Grisebach’s “Western,” Kaouther Ben Hania’s “Beauty and the Dogs,” Li Ruijun’s “Walking Past the Future,” Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Before We Vanish,” Laurent Cantet’s “The Workshop” and Santiago Mitre’s “The Summit.”