A controversial film about a lesbian love-affair has taken the top prize at this year's Cannes film Festival. French film 'Blue is the Warmest Colour', or 'La Vie d'Adéle - chaiptre 1 & 2', is about a the relationship of a 15-year-old girl with an older woman.
The President of the Jury, Steven Spielberg, said the film's actors had shown excellence in their work.
The film's maker, Abdellatife Kechiche, said, "I’m touched. The successful elements of a film are the success of everyone, and the elements that fail also belong to everyone. The strength of this film is the sort of fusion between us, with the other actors, the technicians."
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After receiving his award from American actress Uma Thurman, the winner said he was dedicating the award to the young people of France, who taught him about freedom, and to the young people of Tunisia, who have lived through revolution.
Lead actress, Adèle Exarchopoulos, said the film is, "...universal. It’s a love story. If it’s also a hymn to tolerance, then that’s all the more gratifying."
The other lead, Léa Seydoux, said, "What brought us together was the love that existed between us, and perhaps our sense of humour.
The Jury of the 66th Festival de Cannes
Audrey Tautou
Jérôme Salle, Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker
Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch
Uma Thurman
A look at the faces of Cannes 2013:
