Inglourious Basterds is a fy2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and released in August 2009 by The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures (Universal Studios). It was filmed in several locations, among them Germany and France, beginning in October 2008. The film, set in German-occupied France (German occupation of France during World War II), tells the story of two plots to assassinate the Nazi political leadership, one planned by a young French Jewish cinema proprietress, the other by a team of American soldiers called the "Basterds".

Tarantino has said that despite it being a war film, Inglourious Basterds is a "spaghetti western (Spaghetti Western) but with World War II iconography". In addition to spaghetti westerns, the film also pays homage to the World War II "macaroni combat (Euro War)" sub-genre (itself heavily influenced by spaghetti-westerns).

Inglourious Basterds was accepted into the main selection at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (2009 Cannes Film Festival) in competition for the prestigious Palme dOr and had its world premiere there in May. It was the only U.S. film to win an award at Cannes that year, earning a Best Actor award (Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)) for Christoph Waltz.

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