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The 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and a jury led by filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu awarded the Palme d'Or (the festival's top award) to ... yet another man, bypassing the best-reviewed film of the festival, the women-led project Portrait of a Lady on Fire. That said, the man in question—genre filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho—became the first-ever Korean director to collect the Palme d'Or when he was a surprise but unanimous winner over Pedro Almodóvar and Quentin Tarantino. (The latter's buzzy Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was unexpectedly shut out of all of the major awards.) Bong's thrilling winning entry, Parasite, plays a bit like an acidic (and maybe Tarantino-esque?) take on last year's Palme d'Or winner, Shoplifters, and was, at least, one of the festival's best-reviewed films this year. And there was one other bit of progress: The jury also recognized the competition's first-ever black female director with