Cannes: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Shoplifters’ Wins Palme d’Or

A quiet, selfie-less Cannes film festival came to a close Saturday night with fireworks as Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters took home the Palme d’Or, while Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman landed the runner-up Grand Prix award.Japanese helmer Hirokazu’s film revolves around a family of small-time crooks who take in a child they find on the street.

Lee’s film, heralded as his best in decades, centers on a black cop who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s and is based on a true story.“Been coming since 1986.

It’s always been great,” Lee said of …

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