Cristian Mungiu's Fjord claimed the Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. The win marks the director's second top prize and extends Neon's streak of consecutive victories to seven. Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve star in the English-language drama about a Romanian-Norwegian immigrant family.
Mungiu accepted the award with a call for greater dialogue. He said at the press conference that people should avoid rushing to judge others and learn that those on different sides are not so different. The filmmaker also urged respect for others to leave children a less violent society.
