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Awards Presented at Cannes Film Festival

Aired May 27, 2002 - 05:44   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: The curtain closes on the Cannes Film Festival. The awards were presented last night in France.

CNN's Wayne Gray runs down the list of winners.

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DAVID LYNCH, JURY PRESIDENT: Roman Polanski, "The Pianist."

WAYNE GRAY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A personal triumph closes the 55th Cannes Film Festival in France. Director Roman Polanski wins the Palme d'Or for "The Pianist." It's the first time he's won the festival's top prize.

ROMAN POLANSKI, PALME D'OR WINNER (through translator): I'm honored and moved to receive this prestigious prize for a film that represents Poland.

GRAY: Polanski drew on his personal experience to tell the story of a musician who manages to survive the Holocaust. As a boy in Poland, Polanski himself survived the Krakow ghetto but lost his mother at Auschwitz.

LYNCH: Olivier Gourmet for "The Son" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

GRAY: Two relative unknowns took home the festival's top acting awards. The award for best actor went to Belgium's Olivier Gourmet for his role in "Le Fe (ph)" or "The Son."

OLIVIER GOURMET, BEST ACTOR WINNER (through translator): I would like to share this prize with all Belgium actors. I want to tell them to keep up their struggle, that there is room for them.

GRAY: Finland's Kati Outinen was named best actress for "The Man Without a Past." The film tells the story of a Salvation Army officer who falls in love with a man who has lost his memory.

KATI OUTINEN, BEST ACTRESS WINNER: Thank you, Aki, for letting me be a member of your crew.

GRAY: "The Man Without a Past" also took second place or the grand prize in the festival. Finish director Aki Kaurismaki didn't hold back when it came time to accept the prestigious award. AKI KAURISMAKI, WINNER (through translator): First of all, I would like to thank myself so thanks to me and thanks to the jury.

GRAY: This year's jury was headed by director David Lynch, and also included actresses Sharon Stone and Michelle Yeoh.

LYNCH: Even though the world it reflects is in trouble, the world's cinema here at Cannes is alive and well.

GRAY: Wayne Gray, CNN.

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