CANNES, France – Quebec director Xavier Dolan has won the Grand prix at the Cannes Film Festival for his film “Juste la fin du monde.”
The prize is considered the French festival’s second-highest honour.
Dolan’s film is an adaptation of a stage play by Jean-Luc Lagarce. It tells the story of a man returning home to tell his family he’s dying.
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Earlier this week it also won the independent Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, which honours a film that displays “a human and spiritual quality.”
The 27-year-old director tied for the Jury prize in 2014 for “Mommy.”
Veteran British director Ken Loach won the Palme d’Or for “I, Daniel Blake.”