Jim Cummings’s “Thunder Road” won the Grand Prize at the 44th edition of the Normandie-set Deauville American Film Festival.“Thunder Road” follows a broken cop who comes to grips with a death of his mom when giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral.
The movie previously won the Grand Jury Award at South by Southwest.
Paname Distribution will release the movie in France.
“Thunder Road” is an expanded version of Cummings’s 2016 short film by the same name which had won Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize.Variety’s Owen Gleiberman described “Thunder Road” as an “uncanny tale of a Middle American cop who’s a funny, crazy, moving, indelibly authentic lost soul.”Deauville festival’s jury, which was presided by French actress Sandrine Kiberlain, handed out two Jury Prizes, Bart Layton’s heist drama “American Animals” and Jordana Spiro’s “Night Comes On.” Meanwhile, Marc Turtletaub’s “Puzzle” won
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