Cannes 2010 Winners: UNCLE BOONME, Bardem, Germano, Binoche, Amalric

Like most journalists we communicated with during our time in Cannes (which was shockingly under-reported on OWF, I know), we decided to bail out on France early - catching a flight back home on Thursday evening - meaning we missed our opportunity to see the complex Thai movie Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Big mistake as it turns out as Tim Burton and his jury yesterday decided to hand it the coveted Palme D'Or prize for Best Picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk-EoUb0nvg Elsewhere - Javier Bardem tied the Best Actor award for his sombre performance as Uxbal, a troubled father who see's dead people in the over ambitious, 70% boring, 30% amazing Biutiful. It's a hard-slog of a movie, but had moments of a masterpiece for sure. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu clearly loved shooting Bardem though, and the film is a triumphant for him and much like Christoph Waltz from last year, there's a great chance he will go all the way to the Oscars with it. I don't think it's the kind of performance that will win the golden statue, but he's gotta be there or thereabouts. Bardem tied with Elio Germano for the film La Nostra Vita, but I didn't catch that one. For those taking note, the best performance I saw during my time in Cannes was Ryan Gosling's heartbreaking turn in Blue Valentine but that played under the Un Certain Regard banner and wasn't eligible for this. I was talking to OWF's Simon Gallagher about this post-screening but a lot of people have compared Gosling to a young Marlon Brando, and if that is the case - this is definitely hisOn the Waterfront moment. Unsurprisingly given she was the poster child of the whole festival, Juliette Binoche picked up Best Actress for Copie Conforme. Former Bond villain Mathieu Amalric won the Best Director award for his debut movie Tournée.