in my dream. hunt, which took the actor four years to write, is an espionage thriller set in the early 1980s in south korea a difficult era for the country and a world away from the prosperous democracy of today. screaming. man down! rattling at a speed of 100 bullets a minute, hunt is an action film very different to parasite, the oscar winner that took its director bong joon ho from a beloved festival auteur to household name. ever since parasite blew up in 2019, i ve seen this ballooning success of korean films. but when you think about it, that success has always been there. like, ever since 2000, we ve seen directors getting all these international awards for their films, so there has been ground work laid, it s always been there. it s just with the success of squid game, you know, now we re all seeing it. ever since bong joon ho s parasite took the palme d or here at cannes in 2019, the festival s had a special
association with korean film, so it s no surprise that another highly respected korean director wanted to launch his latest project here, too. director park chan wook is back in cannes after six years. he s twice won thejury prize, including for 2004 s old boy. his latest film, decision to leave, is a sumptuous noir love story between a policeman and a suspect named seo rae. translation: this premise, that the detective will find i out that it s actually seo rae who killed her husband, and that is really usually the end of a feature length film, right? but that is the end of the first part of my film, and another whole new story unfolds in the second act. other film makers are eyeing up korea as a cross cultural hub, including the japanese palme d or winner hirokazu kore eda. broker, in competition at the festival, was filmed in south korea and with a stellar cast, including parasite actor song kang ho.
small number of double winners. palme d 0r. palme d or. thank you for watching. hello there. on saturday, the lion s share of the sunshine and warmth was found across the south and the west of the uk. temperatures were above 20 degrees in a few places, and at newquay in cornwall, beautiful blue skies overhead. further north and east, there was a bit more cloud and it did feel quite a lot cooler. and as we move through sunday, with high pressure to the north west of us and low pressure to the north east, that ll be driving quite a brisk northerly wind. and that will bring a rather cool feel for many. temperatures will be a little disappointing for the time of year. so, generally speaking, it will be rather cool through sunday, particularly where we have areas of cloud and some showers, which could be heavy and thundery. equally there will be some
shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stadium more than 60 people were arrested. and, the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness, receive the palme d or for outstanding film. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains.
an autopsy confirmed mr santos died of asphyxiation. the top prize at the cannes film festival the palme d 0r has gone to a satirical movie about two fashion models who end up stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires. triangle of sadness was directed by the swedish film maker ruben 0stlund who s won the prize twice. claudia redmond reports. we are all equal. that is so true. triangle 0f sadness is the winner of one of film s most prestigious awards, the palme d 0r, at the 75th cannes film festival. directed by ruben 0stlund, the biting satire about the worlds of fashion and the super rich set on board a luxury yacht had an eight minute standing ovation when it was first shown at the festival. i feel happy. of course. it s crazy.