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Keywords: Cannes Film Festival, 2007

New Delhi: The 12-day long 60th Cannes Film Festival came to a close with a glittering red carpet and awards ceremony on Sunday.

And it was the hard-hitting Romanian film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which beat 21 contenders and won the prestigious Palm d'or.

Directed by Cristian Mungiu, the film set in Communist-era Romania, is a moving tale of Gabita, a young student who undergoes a risky illegal abortion and thus, faces its terrible repercussions.

Cannes' second prize, better known as, the Grand Prix prize went to The Mourning Forest, a lyrical Japanese movie about mourning and grief.

Jeon Do-yeon won the best actress award for South Korean film Secret Sunshine, while Russian actor Konstantin Lavronenko bagged the best actor title for his portrayal of a troubled husband in The Banishment.

The best director award went to American painter-director Julian Schnabel for his much talked about film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which is based on the true story of a French journalist who was paralysed after a stroke and learned to write again by blinking his eyelid.

The cross-border tale of love and reconciliation, The Edge of Heaven, written and directed by German-Turkish director Fatih Akin took home the best screenplay trophy.

But jury's attention and prize was shared by Marjane Satrapi's tale of growing up during Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Persepolis and Silent Night, a love story set in northern Mexico.

And despite its slim appearance at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, the British film industry had something to celebrate when Sam Riley starrer Control, a film about the life of rock star Ian Curtis, was given a special mention.