Adapted from the eponymous 1973 novel by J.G. Ballard, Crash caused a stir on the Croisette in 1996, with this transgressive exploration of the link between desire and violence in the context of a car crash sparking as much applause as it did boos. The Festival Jury was as torn as the public, but ultimately awarded the controversial film by Canadian director David Cronenberg the Special Jury Prize “for originality, for daring, and for audacity”, to quote Jury President Francis Ford Coppola.