2023-06-18 23:18:18
The Canadian director, who came to present her film Simple comme Sylvain, left with the Grand Jury Prize and the Youth Jury Prize.
“I adore this faculty that you have, you the French, to applaud spontaneously in rhythm!At this point in the ceremony, Monia Chokri does not yet know that many other rhythmic applause will be reserved for him. The few days that the romantic film festival of Cabourg will have lasted end, Saturday, June 17, in the hall of the grand hotel, where Marcel Proust had his habits. At the end of a ceremony which consecrated romantic films released in theaters over the past year and those to come – some of which have already been presented at the Cannes festival – the Canadian director won the grand jury prize and the prize awarded by the young jury.
The official competition jury, chaired by Katell Quillévéré, hailed a selection rich in stories of “couples that come and go”. The director was also enthusiastic about “all powerful female characters”, which she had seen in the feature films presented. The hearts of the jury finally wavered for Simple as Sylvain, third feature film by Monia Chokri.
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In this comedy full of self-mockery, the director stages a romance between Sophia, a philosophy professor, and Sylvain, an entrepreneur in charge of renovating the chalet she has just bought with her companion. So many archetypes, those of the bourgeois in search of strong feelings and the uneducated but very handsome man, whom Monia Chokri, in her forties, questions with burlesque humour. The film, which had already won over critics when it was presented in the Un certain regard category at Cannes, also had the rise of the young jury, made up entirely of high school students. It will hit theaters on November 8.
A varied track record
In addition to the jury, the festival awarded an audience prize – after a vote at each screening release – to the Marguerite’s theorem. In this film, director Anna Novion stages a romance against a backdrop of mathematics. Other Swann – name of the awards given to Cabourg – have been awarded for feature films already released last year in France. Director Rebecca Zlotowski was thus awarded the prize for best director for Other people’s children while Louis Garrel and Noemie Merlant were awarded best actor and actress respectively for their role in L’innocent .
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The jury also awarded a prize to the young actors. It was Nadia Tereszkiewicz, already crowned best female hope at the Cesar ceremony, who was rewarded for her role as Stella, in The Almond Trees by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. Among the men, it’s Raphaël Quenard, whose performance in Dog of the breakage by Jean-Baptiste Durand had marked the spirits, which received a prize. The same feature film was crowned best first film by the jury.
The festival also awarded the Swann d’or for best film to the Kaftan Blue by Maryam Touzani. Earlier in the weekend, this is the actor Jean Reno who was awarded for his entire career.
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