Seoul, Cannes=) = Actor Lee Byung-hun has appeared as the winner of the Best Actress Award at the closing ceremony of the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
Lee Byung-hun took the stage as a prize winner at the closing ceremony of the 74th Cannes International Film Festival (Cannes Film Festival) held at the Palais de Festival Lumiere Grand Theater in Cannes, France at 2:25 am on the 18th (local time 7:25 pm). The best actress went to the Actor Renat Reinzeb of the Danish film "The Worst Pearlson in the World" (director Joachim Trier).
On this day, Lee Byung-hun came to the stage and said, "I am so happy to come here and congratulate all the winners." "I am sorry that I did not speak French well," he said in English language language. "This festival is very special to me, director Bong Joon-ho opened the Film Festival and Song Kang-ho is a judge." Then he joked about the judge's chief Spike Lee and pulled out the laughter of the audience.
Meanwhile, the Cannes Film Festival was not held last year due to the aftermath of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and it was replaced by an official invitational release. The 74th Cannes Film Festival, which was re-opened in two years this year, started its opening ceremony on the 6th (Korean time 7th) and lasted 12 days until this day. Although Korean films were not invited to major competitions, Han Jae-rim's film "Emergency Declaration" (director Han Jae-rim) was invited to the non-competitive section and Hong Sang-soo's "In front of your face" was invited to the Cannes Premier section, which was newly created this year. In addition, Yoon Dae-won's "Mammy" (Korean National University of Arts) was invited to the La Sélection de la Cinéfondation and won the second prize.
At the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, director Bong Joon-ho appeared in a surprise and declared the opening ceremony. In addition to the opening declaration, director Bong Joon-ho also participated in the "Rendez-vous avec" Event, where he talked about their work with six directors and Actors. In addition to Bong, the Event also included Jodie Foster, Matt Damon, Isabelle Wyper, Steve McQueen and Marco Bellochio.