Japan's 'Shoplifters' Takes Palme d'Or at Cannes

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or at Cannes on Saturday for Shoplifters, a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists. The award, to a director who has won prizes at the festival before, defied speculation that the Palme might go to a female director, with three strong contenders in a year when the Hollywood sex scandal was the talk of the town. Italian actress Asia Argento, who has accused movie mogul Harvey...

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