Cannes Film Festival Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s) 1963 Won Best Screenplay Dumitru Carabat Henri Colpi Yves Jamiaque Nominated Golden Palm Henri Colpi An ex-convict struggles to survive by brute force alone in a turn-of-the-century slum in Bucharest. Codine (Alexandre Virgil Platon) is the thug who served 10 years for murdering a friend. He returns home to his mis...