The Swedish film director Ruben Östlund wins the prestigious Palme d'Or on the
Cannes film festival, for his "The Square":
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-winners-square-wins-palme-dor-1007577
The thing is that the film may be regarded as a bit of science fiction, in the
form of alternate history. It has namely made the Sweden into a republic, and
the Royal Palace has been turned into an art museum (the plot is around
intrigues and bizarre things going on in the X-Royal Palace Museum).
According to newspapers the background is that Östlund applied for filming in
the Royal Palace, but was denied. And his reaction was:
"I'll take my revenge and make Sweden into a republic then..."
No Swedish diredctor has won the Palme d'Or since 1951, with Alf Sjöberg's
"Miss Julie". Bergman never won the award for a film he directed! He won other
Cannes awards and on the 50th festival anniversary 1997 a Palme d'Or of the
Palme d'Ors (a sort of super-honorary Oscar), but not for directing a specific
film.
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