7 Careers Launched By Cannes

Bardot, Tarantino and other festival finds

May 11th 2009

Lars von Trier

Before: Amateur filmmaker, student, and son of nudist communists.

At Cannes: Von Trier’s debut feature The Element Of Crime was shown at the 1984 ceremony in competition. It didn’t win the main prize, but the stark dystopian thriller bagged a technical award.

After: Von Trier went on to become one of the most controversial and experimental filmmakers in the world, pioneering the anti-Hollywood Dogme movement and causing violent division among critics .

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