“The Room Next Door,” Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, gained the Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion award Saturday.
Nicole Kidman was awarded the very best actress prize, for her uncooked and exposing portrayal of a CEO embroiled in an affair with an intern in “Babygirl,” however missed the ceremony because of the dying of her mom.
Her director, Halina Reijn, learn a press release from her lead actor.
“I arrived in Venice and found out shortly after that my beautiful, brave mother, Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed,” Reijn stated on behalf of Kidman. “I’m in shock and I’ve to go to my household, however this award is for her. … She formed me and made me.”
The 81st version of the pageant got here to a detailed Saturday, with the Isabelle Huppert-led jury bestowing prime prizes to Brady Corbet, for steering the 215-minute post-war epic “The Brutalist” and Vincent Lindon, for his lead efficiency in “The Quiet Son.” Lindon performs a single father whose son is radicalized by the far proper.
Maura Delpero’s “Vermiglio” gained the Silver Lion award. The Italian-French-Belgian drama is concerning the final 12 months of World War II, during which a refugee soldier occurs upon a big household.
Almodóvar’s win got here after his movie, a meditation on friendship and dying, acquired a virtually 20-minute standing ovation. The Spanish filmmaker is a Venice favourite, having premiered lots of his movies on the pageant over the previous 4 a long time.
Corbert got here armed with a written assertion to learn on the ceremony, one thing his filmmaker spouse had inspired him to do.
“This is all very overwhelming. … Brevity has never been my strong suit,” Corbet stated. “Thank you for not holding its length against me.”
The Venice Film Festival used its closing movie slot to host the world premiere of Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2.”
There was no actual consensus choose for the highest prize going into the night, and eyes have been centered on what the Isabelle Huppert-led jury would bestow prizes upon this 12 months. Many of the 21 titles enjoying in competitors have been divisive, with passionate supporters and detractors.
“I have good news for you,” Huppert stated on the ceremony. “Cinema is in great shape.”
Among the best profile of the movies of the pageant in competitors have been: Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the not-a-musical-musical with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga ; Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas movie “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie because the famed soprano; the erotic thriller “Babygirl” during which Kidman will get entangled in a sophisticated affair with an intern, performed by Harris Dickinson; Luca Guadagnino’s William S. Burroughs adaptation “Queer,” with Daniel Craig as a junkie expat obsessive about a younger scholar; and Corbet’s fictional movie about an architect and a Holocaust survivor rebuilding a life in America, “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody,
Five years in the past, the Venice jury shocked the movie world by giving the Golden Lion to “Joker,” which went on to win a finest actor Oscar for Phoenix. Last 12 months the highest award went to “Poor Things” and the 12 months earlier than, the documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.”
The Luigi De Laurentiis award for a debut movie went to Sarah Friedland’s “Familiar Touch,” about an octogenarian’s transition to life in assisted residing as she grapples together with her age, her reminiscence and her relationship to her caregivers. Friedland additionally gained the director prize within the horizons part and her star, Kathleen Chalfant, gained the actress prize.
Though all the time a participant within the worldwide pageant scene, Venice has cemented its popularity as a significant launching pad for awards campaigns over the previous 12 years. Since 2014, they’ve hosted 4 finest image winners (“Birdman,” “Spotlight,” “The Shape of Water” and “Nomadland”) and 19 nominees. And buzz is already swirling about potential finest actress nominations for Kidman and Jolie, actor for Craig and supporting actress for Gaga, as the autumn movie season kicks into full gear.
The pageant this 12 months marked a return to kind with true A-listers again on the Lido to have fun movies each out and in of competitors after final 12 months’s strike addled outing. In addition to the names above, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Sigourney Weaver have been all lending their star energy to the occasion.
And many rose to the event with their vogue. Gaga’s Christian Dior robe paired with a classic lace Philip Treacy headpiece made for a significant red-carpet second. As was Kidman’s physique hugging Schiaparelli, Blanchett’s Armani Privé with strands of pearls cascading down her again, and Jolie together with her fur stole. Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig additionally performed the ability couple, together with her in a glittery blue Versace robe and him in a cream Loewe swimsuit. The “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” solid did additionally did a spin on the film’s aesthetic with their wares.
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