Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion for Almodovar's “The Room Next Door” | EUROtoday

The Venice Film Festival is without doubt one of the most essential on this planet. This 12 months, a movie by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar gained an award. Other prizes went to Nicole Kidman and Vincent Lindon, amongst others.

The Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival goes to the movie “The Room Next Door” by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. This was introduced by the jury.

The drama tells the story of two buddies who must take care of demise. Tilda Swinton performs a girl with terminal most cancers who asks an outdated buddy (Julianne Moore) for an advanced favor. She doesn’t wish to be alone for the time being of her self-chosen demise. The movie relies on the novel “What are you missing” by Sigrid Nunez.

Pedro Almodóvar is Spain's most internationally well-known director. His movie “All About My Mother” gained an Oscar in 2000. The 74-year-old acquired one other Oscar in 2003 for “Talk to Her”. “The Room Next Door” is his first English-language function movie.

Awards for Nicole Kidman and Vincent Lindon

Other essential awards on the movie competition went to Australian actress Nicole Kidman for her position in “Babygirl” (greatest actress), French actor Vincent Lindon for his half in “Jouer avec le feu” (greatest actor) and Italian director Maura Delpero, who acquired the Grand Jury Prize for her movie “Vermiglio”.

The 81st Venice Film Festival is without doubt one of the three most essential on this planet, alongside the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlinale. In this 12 months's competitors, 21 works competed for the prizes. The awards had been offered by a global jury. Its chair was the French actress Isabelle Huppert.