The Palme D’Or winner, this year, was the film “Entre les Murs,” a.k.a. “The Class,” a realistic story about a Paris junior high school teacher and his students. According to Sean Penn, the president of the Jury which included actress Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuaron, the decision was unanimous.

“The Class,” directed by Laurent Cantet, was the first French film to win Palme D’Or since 1987 when "Under Satan's Sun” went home with the award. According to Boston Globe, the film used real students and teachers.

The second place or The Grand Prix was won by “Gomorrah,” a film about the Naples Mafia, directed by Matteo Garrone and the Jury Prize went to another Italian film, Paolo Sorrentino's “Il Divo,” portraying former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti.

The Screenplay award was won by Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne with “The Silence of Lorna” drama about immigrants. The Best Director award went to “Three Monkeys,” directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan from Turkey.

The list goes on with Benicio Del Toro who won the best-actor prize for Steven Soderbergh's "Che," a 4 hour-and-28-minute epic film, cut in two parts, about the guerrilla campaigns of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the icon of Cuban revolution. Sandra Corveloni won Best Actress award in "Linha de Passe" ("Line of Passage").

Catherine Deneuve and Clint Eastwood received special awards.

This year’s ceremony was the 61st Cannes Film Festival and took place at the Grand Lumiere Theatre.