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After receiving the Palme d’Or for best actress, Bejo called on Farhadi to come to the stage to share her happiness with him.
“I’m really surprised and I want in particular to thank Asghar Farhadi because this prize is linked to him,” the 36-year-old Oscar-nominated actress told reporters during a press conference after the closing ceremony of the festival.
“He’s a director who knows so well how to watch actors, and how to tell stories. I look to him. It’s inconceivable that this prize is just for me because without him and the film team, I’d be nothing,” she added.
Bejo portrays Marie Brisson, a French woman who has ongoing domestic problems with her Iranian husband, Ahmad.
The French-language film is Farhadi’s first project shot outside of his homeland.
Following is the list of winners at the world’s largest film festival:
Best film: “Blue Is the Warmest Color” directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Grand Prix: “Inside Llewyn Davis” directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Best director: Amat Escalante for “Heli”
Best screenwriter: Jia Zhangke for “A Touch of Sin”
Best actress: Bérénice Bejo in “The Past”
Best actor: Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Jury Prize: “Like Father, Like Son” directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu
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.jpg "Bérénice Bejo (C), Tahar Rahim (L) and Ali Mosaffa act in a scene from “The Past”.")