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)