“Fjord,” a thought-provoking drama about domestic violence and left-wing prejudices by Romanian auteur Cristian Mungiu, won the best film prize at the Cannes Film Festival on May 23 at a star-packed closing ceremony.

Mungiu took home the prestigious Palme D'Or for his film Fjord, a culture-war drama set in Norway.

Cristian Mungiu’s Norway-set drama about political polarization “Fjord” has won the Palme d’Or. The Cannes Film Festival’s top honor on Saturday went for the second time to the…