The Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas proudly holds his Golden Lion at the level he has won for his film “Desde Alla” at the International Film Festival in Venice. He wanted to dedicate it to his own country, Vigas said.
Vigas’ drama is about a relationship between a teenager and an older man. A total of 21 films competing for the prize. Were shown out of competition also “Black Mass” with Johnny Depp and Martin Scorsese’s “The Audition” with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
As the best director Pablo Trapero jury awarded the Argentines of his film “El Clan”. The Grand Jury Prize went to the animated film “Anomalisa” of Americans Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson. The film about a lonely man and his search was filmed with doll-like figures.
The Turk Emin Alper was honored for his gloomy works “Abluka” with the Special Jury Prize. Alper is laying in front of a dystopia and shows a shattered by civil war Istanbul.
Two awards were for the French contribution “L’Hermine”: director Christian Vincent won for best screenplay, best actor Fabrice Luchini. The 63-year-old Luchini plays in the comedy a judge, the encounter with a woman from his past casts off track.
As the best actress Valeria Golino for the Italian mafia drama “Per amor vostro” by Giuseppe M. Gaudino Award.
President of the nine-member jury was this year the Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”). Other members included the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, the German actress Diane Kruger and the American actress and director Elizabeth Banks.
Last year, the Swedish director Roy Andersson had the Golden Lion for “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence” won.
The Film Festival of Venice, the oldest in the world. In addition to the festivals in Cannes and Berlin, it is one of the most important in the sector.
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