Mungiu's 'Fjord' Triumphs at Cannes Film Festival

Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival for 'Fjord'.
'Fjord' is a Norway-set drama about political polarization.
The film follows Romanian Evangelicals in Norway, played by Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, whose children are taken by child services after being spanked.
Mungiu described the film as a critique of left-wing fundamentalism and promotes empathy, inclusion, and opposition to social division and radicalization.
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