Joel and Ethan Coen will be feted with the Lumière Award at the 18th edition of Thierry Frémaux’s classic film-focused Lumière Festival in Lyon in October.
First working together on Blood Simple and then Raising Arizona, the brothers are revered around the world for a string of cult works including the 1991 Cannes Palme d’Or-winning dark comedy thriller Barton Fink as well as crime comedies Fargo and The Big Lebowski.
“The adjective ‘cult’ seems to have been invented for them. While they have received a Palme d’Or, three Best Director Awards and a Grand Prix at the Cannes Film
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