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Palme dOr

France · Arts / Cinema. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1956–1961Date range
3Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1956

Jacques-Yves Cousteau1956

Arts / Cinema

Co-directs The Silent World (Le monde du silence) with Louis Malle; the film wins the Palme dOr.

1959

Marcel Camus1959

Arts / Cinema

Directs Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro), winner of the Palme dOr.

1961

Henri Colpi1961

Arts / Cinema

Directs The Long Absence (Une aussi longue absence), which shares the Palme dOr ex aequo with Viridiana.

Names involved

Henri ColpiJacques-Yves CousteauMarcel Camus

Provenance

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