Cannes 2024: Sean Baker's sex-worker love story 'Anora' wins coveted Palme d'Or

The US director collected the Best Film prize that he'd 'worked for all his life' and paid tribute to sex workers around the world.

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00:00 The Palm Door goes to "Enora" by Sean Baker.

00:04 Sean Baker has won the Palm Door at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film "Enora".

00:10 It stars newcomer Mikey Madison in the title role of an exotic dancer and follows her romance

00:16 with the son of a Russian oligarch.

00:18 Baker dedicated his award to all sex workers, past, present and future.

00:25 The runner-up Grand Prix went to "All We Imagine is Light" directed by Payal Kapadia, the first

00:30 Indian film in the competition in 30 years.

00:36 Jesse Plemons, who didn't attend, won Best Actor for "Kinds of Kindness" while an ensemble

00:41 won Best Actress for the musical crime comedy "Amelia Perez".

00:49 Star Wars creator George Lucas was awarded an honorary Palm Door presented to him by

00:53 another directing heavyweight, Francis Ford Coppola.

00:56 (audience applauding)