After Cannes and the Mostra which crowned the French Julia Ducournau and Audrey Diwan, the San Sebastián Film Festival in turn awarded its highest award on Saturday to a director: the Romanian Alina Grigore was crowned for her first feature- footage at the end of a 69th edition during which women won everything. "I did not expect it at all," said the young director and actress, 36, very moved, receiving the Golden Shell for
Blue Moon
. She thanked
"all the women and men who have taken our message so far"
.
Blue Moon
traces the journey of a young woman who tries to escape the violence of her family and her rural environment and wins before the favorites
Maixabel
d'Iciar Bollain, inspired by a true story between the widow of a politician assassinated by ETA and two of his assassins,
Arthur Rambo
by French director Laurent Cantet on the destruction of a reputation on social networks and
Benediction
by Briton Terence Davies, flamboyant portrait of the English poet who served in the trenches of World War I Siegfried Sassoon. The biopic pockets, however, the title of best screenplay.
Women have won the majority of places on the prize list.
The jury of this 69th edition, chaired by last year's winner, Georgian director Dea Kouloumbegachvili, where Audrey Diwan was crowned the Golden Lion of Venice for
L'Evénement
, presented the special jury prize to
Earwig
of the French Lucile Hadžihalilović, dark surrealist tale shot in English with Romola Garai and Alex Lawther.
The award for best achievement (the Silver Shell) goes to Danish Tea Lindeburg for
As In Heaven.
This film portrays life in 19th century Denmark through the eyes of three women: 14-year-old Lise, her aunt and her grandmother.
A tie for interpretation prize for Jessica Chastain and a Danish debutante
The main actress of this family drama, the 25-year-old Danish Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, won the prize for "best performance", tied with the unrecognizable American actress Jessica Chastain in
The eyes of Tammy Faye
, under the features of the controversial American televangelist of the same name who provided support to AIDS patients and the LGBT community.
"His portrait encourages us to go beyond first impressions and mascara"
, urged the American actress who can hope for an Oscar nomination for best actress. This award was for the first time this mixed year, so as not to differentiate between men and women, like the Berlinale, the first major film festival to award this year a “non-gender” interpretation prize. .
In the parallel sections, the title of best new director went to Russian Lena Lanskih for
Unwanted
, a tale of painful teenage motherhood.
The Mexican-Salvadoran Tatiana Huezo for
Noche de fuego
reigned in the Latin Horizons competition.
The film, already noticed in Cannes in July in the section Un Certain Regard and awarded a Special Mention, takes place in a rural area in southern Mexico where women, mothers and daughters, live in fear of kidnappings.
The French cinema acclaimed by the public awards
The public praised French cinema by awarding its prize to Petite Maman by the director of Portrait of the young girl on fire Céline Sciamma.
His collaborator Claire Mathon wins the best photography for
Undercover
.
Ouistreham
by Emmanuel Carrère with Juliette Binoche, adapted from the investigation by journalist Florence Aubenas on marginalized and downgraded women suffering precariousness and hard work in Normandy, takes home the European Film Audience Award.
