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Romanian director Cristian Mungiu took home the top prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday for his culture-war drama .<\/p>

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, which centers on an immigrant family living in Norway, received the Palme D’Or for best film during the closing ceremony held at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Lumi\u00e8re in Cannes, France. It stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve.<\/p>

It’s the second Palme D’Or for Mungiu, who received his first in 2007 for the film .<\/p>

In his acceptance speech, Mungui said that, in making the film, “We took the risk to speak aloud about things that many of us know and many of us share \u2026 but don’t dare to say in public.”<\/p>\n

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And he urged artists to tackle current issues, however uncomfortable.<\/p>

“Today, the society is split, it’s divided, it’s radicalized,” he said. “This film is a pledge against any kind of fundamentalism. It’s a pledge for the things we quote very, very often, like tolerance and inclusion and empathy. \u2026 These are lovely words, but we need to apply them more often.”<\/p>

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Actress Barbra Streisand, who received the festival’s third Honorary Palme D’Or, could not attend in person because of a knee injury but thanked everyone in a video message.<\/p>

“In a crazy, volatile world that seems more fractured every day, it’s reassuring to see the compelling movies at this festival by artists from many countries,” Streisand said. “Film has that magical ability to unite us, opening our hearts and minds.”<\/p>

Twenty-two films were competing for the prestigious prize, including American films (directed by Ira Sachs) and (James Gray).<\/p>

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Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D’Or for his film Fjord<\/em>, a culture-war drama set in Norway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[165,166],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-palme-dor"],"yoast_head":"\nRomanian director Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins top prize at Cannes - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=401\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins top prize at Cannes - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D'Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=401\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-24T04:36:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/59ce5ab802ae2e2611f5cfb61515f585-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f4fef4452a41b72c331a70422221f40\"},\"headline\":\"Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ wins top prize at Cannes\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T04:36:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/59ce5ab802ae2e2611f5cfb61515f585-scaled.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cannes Film Festival\",\"palme d'or\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401\",\"name\":\"Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 'Fjord' wins top prize at Cannes - Best USA Movers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/59ce5ab802ae2e2611f5cfb61515f585-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-24T04:36:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3f4fef4452a41b72c331a70422221f40\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/?p=401#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/59ce5ab802ae2e2611f5cfb61515f585-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bestusamoverss.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/59ce5ab802ae2e2611f5cfb61515f585-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Tilda Swinton, left, poses with Renate Reinsve, Cristian Mungiu, winner of the Palme d'Or for 'Fjord' and Sebastian Stan during the awards ceremony at the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 23, 2026. 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