1959 Cannes Film Festival
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
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Palme d'Or | Black Orpheus, Marcel Camus (France) |
Special Jury Prize | Stars, Konrad Wolf (Bulgaria) |
International Prize | Nazarin, Luis Buñuel (Mexico) |
Best Actor | Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles for their combined performances in Compulsion (United States) |
Best Actress | Simone Signoret, Room at the Top (United Kingdom) |
Direction | The 400 Blows, François Truffaut (France) |
Comedy | Policarpo, Mario Soldati (Italy) |
Special Mention | The White Heron, Teinosuke Kinugasa (Japan) |
Fipresci Award | Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais (France/Japan) |
Araya, Margot Benaceraf (Venezuela) | |
Catholic Film Office Award | The 400 Blows, François Truffaut (France) |
Film Writers Award | Margerite Duras and Alain Resnais, Hiroshima Mon Amour (France/Japan) |
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