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14 January 2003 | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Award-winning French film-maker Maurice Pialat has died. The director, who won the prestigious Palme D'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 for his film Under Satan's Sun, died at his Paris home at the age of 77. According to French newspaper Le Monde. Pialat suffered high blood pressure and kidney problems. French President Jacques Chirac called the auteur a "master of the cinematographic art" who "leaves a deep imprint on the history of French film. Through his powerful, exacting and unique works, Maurice Pialat explored with intransigence and sensitivity the shadows and lights of the human soul." Gilles Jacob, president of the Cannes festival, told France-info Radio, Pialat "was difficult at times but also capable of exquisite politeness when he wanted." He added, "Pialat is dead and we are all orphaned. French cinema is orphaned." »

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