TURKEY`S Nuri Bilge Ceylan won Cannes` Best Director prize today for his searing family drama Three Monkeys.
Ceylan, almost 40 and already winner of a batch of awards for his first four features, is regarded as one of the most distinctive film-makers of the last decade.
Three Monkeys, a tragedy revolving around jealousy, was his third appearance in competition at Cannes, where the movie was a critics` favourite among the 22 vying for the prestigious Palme d`Or award.
"The film is about life, about many things, about the inner world," he said.
"I don`t make films on this or that as that is too didactic. And by the time I`ve ended a film the idea may have changed."
After running over a man at night, a politician running for election bribes his driver to claim responsibility for the accident.
But while the man is in prison, the politician seduces the driver`s wife, and her son, a young adult, sees it all.
Ceylan, maker of Uzak and Climates, is a master of psychological subtlety and intimacy, shooting meticulously beautiful images helped by his use of high-definition digital video.
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