Question

After a boy snaps a rabbit’s neck in a film by this director, the camera cuts to a close-up showing drops of its blood on wheat stalks. In a film by this director, an animation of a man bursting into flames accompanies a girl discussing how her late father was struck by lightning in the Pyrenees. In a film by this director, a woman falls into alcoholism after a man taunts her by whistling the “Radetzky March.” (15[1])A man masturbates with a scarf owned by (*) Bronco Henry near a watering (10[1])hole on his ranch in a film by this director. At the end of a film by this director, a character receives a prosthetic finger after surviving a fall into the sea while tied to the title object. In that film by this director, the mute musician Ada leaves her marriage to a New Zealand settler. For 10 points, what director of The Power of the Dog became the first woman to win the Palme d’Or (-5[1])for her film The Piano? ■END■

ANSWER: Jane Campion [or Elizabeth Jane Campion]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nicholas TunksThompson et al.Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms7615
Natan Holtzmanthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!8910
King VidorI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireUBC165-5

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