VENICE The Venezuelan film “From there,” debutant Lorenzo beams, today won the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice Film Festival.
The filmmaker He rose excited the stand and recalled, speaking in English, which is the first time in history that his country attends the Festival in Venice and recalled that Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Hou Hsiao Hsien, jurors are some of their teachers.
He also called for the writer, producer and director Guillermo Arriaga, who helped to shape history, and asked for applause for producers, fellow Mexican Michel Franco and Venezuelan Roberto Covas reaching up.
She paid tribute to the work of the protagonist of the film, the Chilean Alfredo Castro. “Thanks for coming to Caracas and make this possible,” said
The debutant Lorenzo also wanted to dedicate Beams reward for his country, Venezuela. “I know we have some problems, but we will talk and we’ll get through.” And it was also dedicated to his father, artist Oswaldo Vigas. He closed his speech with. “! Top Venezuela”
It was a good night for the Latin American films, because the thriller Argentine Pablo Trapero “The Clan ” won the Silver Lion for best director .
“From Beyond ” (From Afar, in English) is the unexpected relationship between a man middle-class and middle-aged with a street youth. Beams dedicated the award to his country, which has experienced a severe economic instability, and political.
Beams said Venezuela goes through some problems, but Venezuelans are still very positive.
A jury led by Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón chose the winners from among 21 films competing in the 72nd annual festival, an issue where war, crime and other evils of the world dominated the screen.
The Grand Jury Prize was for creative and lively “Anomalisa ” by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson.
The Italian Valeria Golino won the trophy for best actress play a Neapolitan in the family drama “For Your Love ” filmmaker Giuseppe Gaudino. She received the same award in 1986 for “A Love Story ”.
The French Fabrice Luchini took the award for best actor for his role as a judge trying to rekindle a romance while presiding over a murder trial tape in Christian Vicente “L’Hermine ”.
The oldest film festival in the world ended Saturday after 11 days in the Italian city crossed by canals, attended by stars like Jake Gyllenhaal Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton and Johnny Depp.
The event also identified some possible first Oscar contenders, including Depp for his portrayal of mobster Whitey Bulger in “Black Mass ” and Eddie Redmayne as a transsexual artist in “The Danish Girl ”.
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