Main competition awards unveiled at Cannes
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E-mail CRI, May 23, 2016
British veteran director Ken Loach's feature film "I, Daniel Blake" has stood out from 21 competing films and won the top prize of the Palme d'Or.
After accepting his award, Loach gave a passionate speech about the state of the economy and political systems and the prospect of a British exit from the European Union.
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| British veteran director Ken Loach's feature film "I, Daniel Blake" won the top prize of the Palme d'Or. [Photo: festival-cannes.com] |
"To come out of Europe, only to go to even further right, in our own country would be bad. So it's a tactical question. I would stay in, but we really have to change and we have to link up with all those who really want to change it, from what is left from Syriza in Greece to Podemos, to the other left movements but my God ! We need change. We can't stand the way it is."
The award for the 79-year-old was announced by actor Mel Gibson.
"I, Daniel Blake" is a warmly realistic drama about a middle-aged widower in northern England who can neither work nor get government benefits after a heart attack.
Jury president George Miller described the jury's selection as "rigorous and happy."
This is Loach's second time in winning the Palme d'Or, following his first win by "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" in 2006.
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