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Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prize

Nineteen years after his searing abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the top prize at the Cannes film festival, Cristian Mungiu’s English-language debut, Fjord, has repeated the trick.

The film, which stars Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan as Romanian religious parents who relocate to Norway, where they find themselves accused of child abuse, makes Mungiu, 58, the 10th director to have received two Palmes, following Alf Sjöberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Bille August, Emir Kusturica, Sh?hei Imamura, the Dardenne brothers, Michael Haneke, Ken Loach and Ruben Östlund.

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Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord Cannes film festival May 23, 2026 Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prizeNineteen years after his searing abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the top prize at the...
Cristian Mungiu wins second Palme d’Or at Cannes for child abuse drama Fjord

English-language debut by Romanian director who triumphed in 2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days takes top prizeNineteen years after his searing abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the top prize at the...

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