Binoche: 'Cannes prize means most to me'

Juliette Binoche has revealed that her award at the Cannes Film Festival is the acting prize that means the most to her.

The French star - who has also won 'Best Actress' gongs at the Berlin and Venice festivals, along with an Oscar and César prize - told DS that her recent Certified Copy honour at Cannes reminded her of the moment she was "born" as a screen actress.

"They belong to a different period of life," she said of the acting awards. "I have to say for Venice and Berlin I could not go there and it was a little frustrating. Cannes I could go there, it was nice also because I was born in Cannes with Rendez-vous, so that's before I was really taken by journalists because they saw my work [for the first time]. It was a nice circle after 25 years."

Of her Academy Award for Anthony Minghella's The English Patient, Binoche said: "The Oscars are so big in a sense that it's international, it's America, it's a whole deal of things. But at the same time I was so surprised by it, I didn't expect it - it was another journey."

Binoche's Certified Copy can be seen in UK cinemas from Friday.

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