Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who criticised government censorship last week, won the Palme d'Or prize and thanked "the (Thai) spirits that surrounded us" in making the film.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is refusing to commit to an early election, saying that he wants to get "the lay of the land" and the intention of the red shirts.
Thailand might be deeply divided but teenagers came together to spend their Sunday cleaning up the filth-strewn streets of the capital.
The failure of the party to condemn the violence by red shirts makes one wonder how reconciliation can proceed.
