Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou hold the Osella prize for best screenplay for film “Alps” at 68th Venice Film Festival.
Alps, by Yorgos Lanthimos, is a dark satire that rides on cold aesthetics. Of its quartet of main characters, one is a teen gymnast, and she joins a band of eccentrics who make a living by re-enacting the lives of dead people to comfort their aggrieved families. It’s a dangerous game for both sides as the various identities assumed by the Alps team _ as the quartet call themselves _ merge into and consume their real lives.
The Complete List of Winners:
GOLDEN LION for Best Film
Faust, directed by Aleksander Sokurov (Russia)
SILVER LION for Best Director
Cai Shangjun, People Mountain People Sea (China)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Terraferma, directed by Emanuele Crialese (Italy)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actor
Michael Fassbender, Shame (UK)
COPPA VOLPI for Best Actress
Deanie Yip, A Simple Life (China)
OSELLA for Best Screenplay to
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, Alps (Greece)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD for Best Young Actor or Actress
Shôta Sometani and Fumi Nikaidô, “Himizu” (Japan)
OSELLA for Best Cinematography
Robbie Ryan, Wuthering Heights (UK)
Luigi De Laurentiis’ Venice Award for a Debut Film
Là-bas, directed by Guido Lombardi (Italy)
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