Cherien Dabis Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/cherien-dabis/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:01:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Cherien Dabis Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/cherien-dabis/ 32 32 ‘Antichrist’ Gets Misogyny “Anti-Prize” At Cannes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/antichrist-gets-misogyny-anti-prize-a-20090526/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/antichrist-gets-misogyny-anti-prize-a-20090526/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 12:46:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=7391 Charlotte Gainsbourg may have won the Best Actress prize at Cannes ’09 for her harrowing portrayal of a mother gone almost suicidal after losing her child (and then batshit nuts, or possessed later on depending on your POV) in Lars Von Trier’s controversial and polarizing picture, “Antichrist” (we which we had mixed feelings about; neither a masterpiece or disaster), but the Ecumenical Jury at the Croisette was less kind to the film.

This jury which honors films with “spiritual value’ (though note it was originally started by Christian filmmakers) is one of three juries at the Cannes and they gave their top award to Ken Loach’s life-lessons football dramedy, “Looking For Eric,” starring real-life French football star Eric Cantona as himself (a film we truly enjoyed as well).

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