Overview
- Park Chan-wook received the Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on Sunday in Cannes in a ceremony led by French Culture Minister Catherine Pégard.
- He is serving as jury president of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the first Korean to hold the role.
- Commandeur is the highest tier of France’s three-level Order of Arts and Letters, which honors major contributions to culture and the arts.
- He is the fourth Korean recipient of the Commandeur rank, following Kim Jong-ok, conductor Chung Myung-whun and soprano Sumi Jo.
- In his remarks, he credited French films and philosophy for shaping his work and said he hopes to shoot a movie in France with French actors.