Cannes Repeat Winner Ruben Östlund Collects His Second Palme d’Or for ‘Triangle of Sadness’

Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or for “Triangle of Sadness,” a biting satire of the rich and (Insta-)famous, bringing the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to a close. Östlund’s follow-up to his 2017 Palme-winning “The Square” takes a boat full of shallow people — models, millionaires and their various trophy partners — and abandons them in deep water, forcing the survivors to reconstruct a desert-island society where money holds no power. In such a system, for better or worse, beauty becomes the most valuable asset. The jury spread the wealth, presenting three more awards than is typically expected of them… Read Full Article