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1905 Film Network News On the evening of September 9, local time, the 80th Venice International Film Festival closed successfully, and the winners of this film festival were also successfully announced. In the end, the film "Poor Thing" directed by Ogus Lansmos won the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture. Previously, Lancemos won the Venice Silver Lion Award Jury Prize and the Best Screenplay Award for "The Darling" and "Alps".
Ogus Lansmos
"Poor Things" is a film that combines realism, fantasy, and science fiction elements, based on the novel of the same name written by Scottish author Alasdale Gray. The story is set in the late Victorian era and tells a "Frankensteinian" story.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
In addition, the film directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi "Evil Does Not Exist" won the Grand Jury Prize, Italian director Matteo Galoni won the Best Director Award for "I Am Captain", and Carly Spirony and Peter Sarsgaard were selected for Best Actress and Best Actor for "Priscilla" and "Memory" respectively.
Matteo Galloni
It is worth mentioning that Li Hongqi's self-written, directed and acted feature film debut "Love is a Gun" won the Future Lion Best Feature Film First Work Award, becoming the first Chinese-language film in history to win this award. In his speech, Li Hongqi said: "In the past, many Chinese film masters and predecessors were on this stage, they influenced my film world view, and I have always tried to learn from them. Thank you to my team in front of and behind the scenes, without whom this film could not have been made. ”
Li Hongqi
"Love is a Gun" premiered in this Venice parallel unit "International Film Critics Week", directed and written by Li Hongqi, the story focuses on a small-town youth named Sweet Potato. After he was released from prison, the new life he imagined seemed impossible. The "boss" who never appeared but followed him like a dark cloud on the trajectory of his life, his mother who was in debt, the good brother hat who constantly caused trouble for him... People and things from the past kept emerging, like an invisible hand, pulling him back to the past.
The winners of the main competition section are as follows:
Golden Lion Award for Best Picture: "Poor Thing", directed by Ogus Lancemos
Grand Jury Prize: "Evil Does Not Exist", directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Best Director: Matteo Galloni, "I Am the Captain"
Best Actress: Carly Spirony for Priscilla
Best Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, "Memory"
Best Screenplay: Guillermo Calderón & Pablo Lareine "Count Vampire"
Special Jury Prize: "Green Border", director Agnieszka Horan
Best Newcomer: Cedhu Saar, "I Am the Captain"