1959 Cannes Film Festival

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff
Palme d'OrBlack Orpheus, Marcel Camus (France)
Special Jury PrizeStars, Konrad Wolf (Bulgaria)
International PrizeNazarin, Luis Buñuel (Mexico)
Best ActorDean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles for their combined performances in Compulsion (United States)
Best ActressSimone Signoret, Room at the Top (United Kingdom)
DirectionThe 400 Blows, François Truffaut (France)
ComedyPolicarpo, Mario Soldati (Italy)
Special MentionThe White Heron, Teinosuke Kinugasa (Japan)
Fipresci AwardHiroshima Mon Amour, Alain Resnais (France/Japan)
Araya, Margot Benaceraf (Venezuela)
Catholic Film Office AwardThe 400 Blows, François Truffaut (France)
Film Writers AwardMargerite Duras and Alain Resnais, Hiroshima Mon Amour (France/Japan)

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