Bursting onto the scene at the Cannes Film Festival where it was greeted with a 15 - minute standing ovation (and the Best Director
Award for Refn), the film — which co-stars Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman and Albert Brooks — has since went on to rack up the accolades and just manages to pip Attack the Block as our favourite film of the year
by the
narrowest of
margins.