The Spanish film director has highlighted the role of actresses Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, whom he has thanked for “their generosity.” Australian Nicole Kidman has won the Best Actress award for her role in ‘Babygirl’.
The first English language film Pedro Almodovar‘The Room Next Door’, with Julianne Moore y Tilda Swintonhas won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Nicole Kidman was awarded the prize for best actress with the Volpi Cupfor her role in a romance with an intern in ‘Babygirl’, but she missed the ceremony due to the death of her mother.
This is great recognition for the Spanish director as this is his first film in English. “Many thanks to the jury for this award for having selected us in an edition as brilliant as this year’s,” he said when collecting it.
In addition, he highlighted the good harmony he has had with his leading actresses, whom he mentioned in his speech. “I have to thank Julianne Moore y Tilda Swinton for his talent, his trust and his generosity to me,” he added, provoking loud applause from those present.
“We directors are the first witnesses of the miracles that occur in front of a camera, and they have made miracles happen on many days of filming,” he said, claiming that “this is a women’s movie“.
Pedro Almodóvar also mentioned the plot of his film. “Accompanying a terminally ill person is one of the great qualities we have as human beings. The decision to end lifesaying goodbye with dignity to this world is a fundamental issue that It has nothing to do with beliefs and everything to do with politics.”said the filmmaker.
The 81st edition of the Festival It closed on Saturday, with the presentation of the highest awards by the jury, headed by Isabelle Huppert. The awards went to Brady Corbet, for directing the 215-minute post-war epic ‘The Brutalist’, and Vincent Lindon, for his performance in ‘The Quiet Son’. Lindon plays a single father whose son is radicalized by the extreme right.
‘Vermillion’, de Maura Delperowon the Silver Lion. The drama, produced between France, Italy and Belgium, is about the last year of the Second World Warin which a refugee soldier meets a large family.
He Venice Film Festival took advantage of its closing session to host the world premiere of ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2’, by Kevin Costner.
Other films that triumphed in Venice
Five years ago, the jury of Venice surprised the world of cinema by giving the Golden Lion to ‘Joker’, which ended up winning the Oscar for best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, who He also attended this year with Lady Gaga to present the sequel.
Last year, the top award went to ‘Pobrecitos’ and the previous year, to the documentary ‘All the beauty and bloodshed’.
The Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a First Feature Film went to ‘Familiar Touch’, de Sarah Friedlandabout an octogenarian’s transition to life in a nursing home as she deals with her age, her memory, and her relationship with her caregivers. Friedland also won the directing award in the Horizons section and her star, Kathleen Chalfantbest actress.
Although it has always been at the top of international festivals, Venice has cemented its reputation as a great launching pad over the last 12 years. Since 2014, it has hosted four Oscar winners for best picture (‘Birdman’, ‘Spotlight’, ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Nomadland’) already 19 nominees.
