Kirsten Dunst bags best actress award at Cannes despite director ban

London: A Robert De Niro-led-jury has adjudged Kirsten Dunst as the best actress for Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ at the Cannes Film Festival.

The 29-year-old actress thought her chances of winning at Cannes were dimmed after von Trier was banned from the festival for telling a press conference that he understood Hitler and that he ``was a Nazi``. His comments had sent shock waves through the film world. “I kept thinking ``Lars, shut up``,” Kirsten told the Daily Mail. “He``s a great film-maker who, sometimes I feel should let his films speak for themselves,” she added. In ‘Melancholia’, Dunst portrays newly-wed bride Justine who instantly regrets her marriage while at the same time the planet Earth is on collision course with another planet. ANI