US EditionUS independent director Jim Jarmusch proves surprise Venice winner
Jim Jarmusch's film won Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion, highlighting family dynamics and featuring actors Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett in a quiet, humorous narrative.
- American director Jim Jarmusch won the Golden Lion for his film Father Mother Sister Brother at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday in Italy.
- The festival featured a politically charged atmosphere, partly due to Kaouther Ben Hania's docudrama about Gaza, which won the runner-up Silver Lion prize.
- Ben Hania's film, depicting the ordeal of five-year-old Hind Rajab killed by Israeli troops, premiered on Wednesday to a 23-minute standing ovation and drew widespread attention.
- Jarmusch thanked the festival and noted filmmakers are not motivated by competition, while Ben Hania called Hind's voice the voice of Gaza and demanded justice and accountability.
- The awards highlighted diverse films and perspectives, with the Gaza conflict a major topic and several winners using their platform to address this ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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Jim Jarmusch is surprisingly awarded the main prize in Venice – with an episode film about family dynamics that seems more museal than masterful. The jury's decision is backward for the second time in a row.
The Golden Lion for best film at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival tonight went to the comedy drama Father Mother Sister Brother directed by Jim Jarmusch. The Silver Lion, the grand jury prize, went to the documentary drama about the war in the Gaza Strip The Voice of Hind Rajab by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania.
Jim Jarmusch has been awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival for "Father Mother Sister Brother". The film about dysfunctional families deals in three episodes with the complex relationships between adult children and their parents. Among other things, Cate Blanchett, Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling and Vicky Krieps play. In the film, the 72-year-old U.S. director uses subtle observations and recurring motifs. Gestures, gl…
Venice Film Festival: Director Jim Jarmusch's tragicomic triptych highlights the sometimes awkward dynamics within three families with adult…
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