almodóvar wins first venice golden lion
2024-09-09
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our special correspondent han lin
the 81st venice international film festival ended on the evening of the 7th local time in italy. the new film "the room next door" by spanish film master pedro almodovar won the golden lion award for best film. the jury prize went to the italian local film "mountain bride", american director brady corbett won the best director award for "beasts", and famous hollywood star nicole kidman and french veteran actor vincent linton won the best actress and actor awards respectively.
“it reflects important issues, not just the plot”
"will the next room bring almodovar another oscar?" variety speculated after the venice awards were announced that the film will become an important work in the next awards season. as a world-renowned director and representative of spanish films, almodovar, who has been in the film industry for more than 40 years, has won the oscar for best foreign language film and best original screenplay, but this is the first time that the 75-year-old has won the highest honors at the three major european film festivals. almodovar has been nominated for the berlin, cannes and venice film festivals many times with tie me up, tie me down, all about my mother, pain and glory, and parallel mother, and was awarded the lifetime achievement award by venice. this time, he finally won the golden lion award with his first english-language feature film.
starring hollywood actresses tilda swinton and julianne moore, "the room next door" continues almodovar's best female themes and perspectives. it tells the story of a war correspondent played by swinton who chooses euthanasia because of cancer. at the last moment of her life, she hopes that her friend played by moore will be by her side. the two confide in each other. according to afp, when almodovar won the golden lion award, he said that his works in recent years have focused more on themes such as death or physical failure, and "it is everyone's basic right to bid farewell to this world cleanly and with dignity." the president of this year's venice jury, french veteran actress isabelle huppert, said that the jury awarded the highest honor to "the room next door" because it thoughtfully reflects important issues, not just focusing on the plot, but also paying tribute to the performances of the two leading actors.
"almodovar is so passionate in the world of film that no one would begrudge him receiving this highest honor." variety commented that the room's award was well-deserved. "at its premiere in venice, the room received 17 minutes of warm applause, with film critics praising the film as a seemingly plain but ingenious emotional journey."
as almodovar himself said, although this film is his first feature film shot in english, "it is still in spanish in spirit". on rotten tomatoes and metacritic review websites, international critics who were the first to watch the film gave the film a 93% freshness and an average score of 69. the british "guardian" commented that the film is "cute, mean and gentle": "swinton and moore seem to sing a song calmly when strolling in a second-hand bookstore or on a lounge by the swimming pool." "daily screen" believes that "as a story about thinking about the twilight years of life, the loss of fun and curiosity, the rebelliousness of the film has opened up new areas for the director." "vanity fair" said, "this work is not meant to disappoint people. on the contrary, when people witness this terrible topic transformed into beautiful poetry, they will get a kind of catharsis and encouragement." "the hollywood reporter" focused on the performances of the two actresses: "swinton and moore injected a seemingly elusive heart into this work, while touching on dignity, humanity and empathy."
however, some media outlets, such as indiewire and the daily telegraph, believe that almodovar's first work shot in english is "elegant but confusing" and that "it would be best to have an english assistant on the set."
"honor belongs to the deceased mother"
nicole kidman won the best actress award for her performance in "little darlings", but due to the sudden death of her mother, she was unable to attend the award ceremony and had to be accepted by other members of the crew. "my heart is broken, i am in shock now, and i have to see my family." kidman expressed her true feelings in the commission letter, "this honor belongs to her. it was my mother who shaped, guided, and created me." "little darlings" tells the story of an emotional entanglement between a female executive and a young male intern. kidman has a breakthrough performance in the film and her acting skills have been well received.
another french actor who conquered the venice jury with his superb acting skills was vincent linton, a regular at the three major film festivals. this time, he played a single father who tried his best to prevent his son from sliding into the extreme right in "high level", and finally won the competition with "former 007" daniel craig ("queer") and adrien brody ("beasts"). "beasts", which tells the story of a hungarian architect immigrating to the united states, received rave reviews after its premiere in venice and was hailed as an ambitious contemporary epic. it eventually won the best director award.
"the mountain bride", which won the grand jury prize, second only to the golden lion award, tells the story of the impact of world war ii on a remote mountain village in italy. variety praised the film for its "amazing formalism". "april", which tells the story of a georgian obstetrician and gynecologist, won the special jury prize. the film also won the favor of many film critics, who believed that it had the ability to win a higher honor than the special jury prize. walter salles, a famous brazilian director who once shot "central station", won the best screenplay award for his new work "i'm still here", which tells the story of a brazilian female activist.
venice opening film tops north american box office
"as one of the most important international film festivals, venice has been the main springboard for the awards season in recent years." the associated press positioned it on the 8th, saying that the film festival has consolidated its position by inviting a large number of hollywood films and stars. this year, it also welcomed a large number of stars, such as brad pitt, angelina jolie, michael keaton, george clooney and others. the opening film "betelgeux 2" was released in north america last weekend. this sequel to the classic hollywood thriller comedy, the main creative team reunited after more than 30 years, the north american premiere box office (6th) was 41.5 million us dollars, and the first weekend 3-day box office is expected to be 100 million to 120 million us dollars. such results show that the premiere in venice has a significant blessing effect on the film's publicity and box office. ▲#deep good articles project#
