British director Ken Loach won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. For the second time the award is given to the 79-year-old Brit. His drama “I, Daniel Blake” convinced the jury. It shows an unemployed carpenter and a single mother in her struggle for state support, slipping into poverty, the fight in deliberately placed, bureaucratic mills. The social drama – The core competency of Ken Loach. O-TON DIRECTOR KEN LOACH, SAYING WHY HE THOUGHT THE JURY CHOSE IT AS THE WINNER “I hope the jury felt about it, what we have felt. That the state bureaucracies today brutal act and humiliate human beings. This is the result of saving programs that are saddled with the people. austerity is fatal, it plunges millions into misery. And at the top sits a small, wealthy elite. This must be an end to be made. We must find another way. ” As best actress Jaclyn Jose, the Filipina was honored for her role in the anti-corruption movie “Ma ‘Rosa’. The German film “Toni Erdmann” was not considered by the jury – for many viewers and critics a big surprise. The award is often a difficult balancing act explains Jury director George Miller. O-TON HEAD OF JURY, GEORGE MILLER “Of course, there are thousands who write about the festival and talk, who have their own needs and assessments in advance. But this works exactly, that is also part of the appeal of a festival. ” The Film Festival in Cannes took place for the 69th time this year.
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