Pablo O. Scholz
09/11/2021 3:33 PM
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Updated 9/11/2021 5:48 PM
The event may not be just that
The event
has won the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice International Film Festival.
With this award to director Audrey Diwan, this year the
Oscar
, the
Palme d'Or
in Cannes and now the Golden Lion in Venice went to films directed by women.
And what's more: Netflix won four of the prizes awarded by the Festival Jury, which this year was chaired by South Korean Bong Joon-hoo (
Parasites
).
Indeed, the film
L'Evenement
, by French Audrey Diwan, won the Golden Lion today at the 78th edition of the oldest Festival in the world, and the jury, in addition to Bong Joon-ho, was Chloé Zhao, the director from
Nomadland
, which won the Oscar for best picture in April.
In Cannes, the Palme d'Or had gone to
Titane
, by the French Julia Ducournau.
French Audrey Diwan, with her Golden Lion for a film about abortion in 1960s France.
AFP photo
The event
was a firm candidate, as
Clarin
published
on the same Monday that it was screened in competition, after the weekend in which Hollywood stars flooded the Lido, the island where the festival takes place.
The French became the sixth woman to win the Golden Lion. The first was the German Margarethe von Trotta, for
The German Sisters
(1981), followed by the French Agnès Varda with
Without a roof or law
(1985), the Indian Mira Nair with
The wedding
(2001), the American Sofia Coppola for
Somewhere - In a corner of the heart
(2010) and Chloé Zhao, of Chinese origin but already an American citizen, last year for
Nomadland
(2020).
Audrey Diwan with French-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei, who holds the Golden Lion. Photo EFE
The event
tells the story of a brilliant young university student (played by Anamaria Vartolomei) who in France at the beginning of the '60s decides not to continue with her pregnancy, despite the fact that at that time it was illegal.
The protagonist knows that she is risking ending up in jail, but continues with her plan.
The film is based on the novel in which the writer Annie Ernaux narrated her own clandestine abortion during her student days in France in the 1960s.
Diwan, 41, of Lebanese origin, worked as a journalist and screenwriter and is a member of Collectif 50/50, a French NGO that promotes equality between men and women in the film industry.
Jane Campion holds her Silver Lion for Best Director for Netflix's "The Power of the Dog."
Photo EFE
Following the awards to filmmakers Jane Campion New Zealand won the Silver Lion for
The Power of the Dog
(
The Power of the Dog
), Netflix will
premiere in early December worldwide.
Netflix, the great winner
The streaming company Netflix was the great winner of the evening in Venice: it won four prizes awarded by the Official Jury.
The aforementioned Silver Lion to Jane Campion for the best direction for
The Power of the Dog
(which has British Benedict Cumberbatch and American Kirsten Dunst in its cast), opens on December 1.
Italians Paolo Sorrentino and Filippo Scotti pose with their awards.
AFP photo
It was the hand of God
, by Paolo Sorrentino, the most autobiographical film by the director of
La grande bellezza
, which tells how literally Diego Maradona saved him from death, won two awards.
Sorrentino won the Grand Jury Prize, and Filippo Scotti, his alter ego in the film, the Marcello Mastroianni for best emerging actor.
It opens on December 15 on the platform.
The American Maggie Gyllenhaal won, with her first script, the prize precisely for the best libretto.
AFP photo
And Maggie Gyllenhaal, the actress who made her directing debut with The
Lost Daughter
and is Jake's sister, won the award for best screenplay for her debut feature, which stars Olivia Colman (
The Crown
,
The Favorite
,
The Father
).
Prize for Penelope Cruz
The Spanish actress Penelope Cruz received this Saturday the award for the best female performance of the 78th Venice film festival for her intense performance in the film
Parallel Mothers
, by her compatriot Pedro Almodóvar.
Penelope and her Cup. AFP Photo
"Thank you Pedro, you have created a magic, I adore you," said the actress upon receiving the award and dedicating it to her family.
Penelope was also in another film that was competing for the Golden Lion,
Official Competition
, by Argentines Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, but the Jury determined that she won the Volpi Cup for the film by the La Mancha director.
Five years ago, Oscar Martínez won the Volpi Cup for best actor for
The Illustrious Citizen
, by Cohn and Duprat ...
The other main prizes awarded by the jury chaired by Bong Joon-ho and composed of Saverio Costanzo, Virginie Efira, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Gadon, Alexander Nanau and Chloé Zhao, were the Special Jury Prize for
Il Bucco
, by Michelangelo Frammartino, and the Volpi Cup for best actor for John Arcilla, for
On the Job: The Missing 8
.
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