White Ribbon bags top prize at Cannes

Austrian director Michael Haneke’s sombre black-and-white drama the White Ribbon, a account of a German village in the build-up to World War I walked away with the Palme d’Or for the Best Film at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Haneke beat off competition from French director Jacques Audiard’s Prophet, Jane Campion’s period drama Bright Star, Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces and Quentin Tarantino’s World War II film Inglourious Basterds to win the top prize on Sunday night in a gala award ceremony. The Austrian helmer, who had won the best director prize at Cannes in 2005 for his French film Cache (Hidden), examines themes of communal guilt, distrust and punishment among residents of a small German village on the eve of World War I through his brilliantly crafted 20th century drama.

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