It took 39 years after his win for a Japanese movie called "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi" (Spirited Away) directed by Hayao MIYAZAKI to win the Grand Prize at the same festival.
同映画祭でグランプリを受賞するのは、39年後、宮崎駿監督の『千と千尋の神隠し』まで待たなくてはならなかった。