Venice Film Festival-80: the film “Golden Lion” and all other awards

AND went well. Venice 80 jury led by Damien Chazelle he thought and decided (two actions do not always occur simultaneously). The awards went to the best films shown in this edition of the festival.

The film, which seemed to have everything it needed to win the prize right away, takes home the Golden Lion. Poor things Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Tony McNamara based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. this is a journey to the discovery of sexuality and the life of a not at all unhappy creature (as the name suggests) although it is the product of a laboratory experiment.

Poor thingsThe Golden Lion is a feminist film written and directed by men.

This is a feminist film written and directed by men. and we couldn’t hope for anything better, she’s played by an actress, Emma Stone is as good as ever and in an impossible performance: the story of a star’s transition from child to woman, filmed with an abundance of resources and sparing no virtuosity.

Movies Agnieszka Holland and Matteo Garrone they touch on one of the pressing problems of our present, which has not yet been addressed humanely anywhere in the first world, from Europe to North America.

And not even political intelligence. A question that worries each of us. As he asks volunteers who try, using different approaches, pragmatic or idealistic, to lend a helping hand to migrants arriving at the Belarusian border from the Middle East or Africa Green border – Green border.

me, captain Matteo Garrone, the only Italian film in Palmares

Their fate in this no man’s land, which welcomes them and rejects them, separating them without appeal from the Polish border and from Europe, is the same as the fate young Senegalese from I’m the captainA wonderful film by Matteo GarroneThe only film out of 6 Italian films in competition that we think deserved to win the award.

Forest Aku Wa Sonzai Sinai – Evil does not exist. it is not like the one where migrants of two countries wander, rejected by the armies of two countries Green border. This is the real place where The main characters of the film by Ryusuke Hamaguchi rediscovered a dimension that, in their opinion, was lost forever in the big city.. And it is from there, from Tokyo, and from the cynicism of businessmen who find a way to take advantage of even a pandemic, that the threat comes.

Japanese Oscar winner sparked public and critical debate by setting up a meeting between two (ignorant, innocent?) emissaries of a pointless project and the residents of a community whose hard-earned harmony is under threat.

Only partially disappointment, the Volpi Cup goes to Cailee Spaeny, a young actress Priscillawhile this Peter Sarsgaard – who brought three films to the Festival, Memory for which he was rewarded, Coup! closing Authors’ Days and Pet Store Days Olmo Schnabel, at Orizzonti – the award fits perfectly. Memory Michelle Francothe story of the meeting of two damaged people, a woman with a painful past (Jessica Chastain) and man with dementia praecox, it’s a beautiful film. Thanks also to the interpretation of the two main characters.

Venice Film Festival-80: all the films that received awards

GOLDEN LION for Best Film:

Poor things (Poor creatures!) by Yorgos Lanthimos

SILVER LION-GRAND JURY PRIZE

Aku Wa Sonzai Sinai (Evil Does Not Exist) Ryusuke Hamaguchi

“SILVER LION” FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Matteo Garrone For I’m the captain

COPPA VOLPI for Best Female Performance:

Cailee Spaeny For Priscilla Sofia Coppola

VOLPI COP for Best Male Performance:

Peter Sarsgaard For Memory Michelle Franco

BEST SCRIPT AWARD:

Guillermo Calderon, Pablo Larrain For El Conde

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:

Green border (Green Border) Agnieszka Holland

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Young Talents

Seydou Sarr For I’m the captain

LUIGI DE LAURENTIA AWARD “Lion of the Future” for the first work

Love is a gun Lee Hong-Chi (presented at Critics’ Week)

ORIZZONTI AWARD FOR BEST FILM:

Explanation of everything Gabor Reis

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