All three of his previous films that went to Cannes - 2003's Oldboy, 2009's Thirst and 2016's The Handmaiden - won prizes at the festival, though none took the Palme. ItвЂ™s a beautifully shot film noir drama about a detective who is working on a case and begins to suspect the dead manвЂ™s wife of committing the murder.

My favorite film that I was able to see - and I too missed quite a few - was Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave. That narrative only revealed itself later, once the film was screened in North America. IвЂ™m not sure anyone would have said at this point last year that Drive My Car would be the phenomenon that it turned out to be. Or maybe I just donвЂ™t have the proper hindsight yet. Yes, I missed a lot of films, due to a difficult screening schedule and a ticketing system that vexed even the calmest of Cannes veterans.

Thus, everyone here this year seemed on the hunt for the next film that could repeat that success, or even be the new Parasite, the first Palme dвЂ™Or winner to take home the best picture Oscar since 1955вЂ™s Marty. Richard Lawson: Last yearвЂ™s Cannes saw the debut of Drive My Car, which would go on to snag myriad critics awards and a small handful of Oscar nominations, with one win. вЂ™s Rebecca Ford and Richard Lawson, have a chat about what, if anything, 12 days on the Croisette told them about next yearвЂ™s Oscars. As the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival comes to a close, V.F.

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