{"id":1370,"date":"2008-09-06T20:14:28","date_gmt":"2008-09-06T19:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/blog\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2015-03-24T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T14:10:06","slug":"venice-the-wrestler-wins-the-golden-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"VENICE: ‘The Wrestler’ wins the Golden Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the-wrestler<\/a>By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

U.S. movie “The Wrestler” won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday at the close of the 11-day competition on the Lido.<\/p>\n

The film stars Mickey Rourke as an ageing star of the ring trying to make a comeback, and costars Evan Rachel Wood (pictured with Rourke) and Marisa Tomei. The film is directed by British director Darren Aronofsky\u00a0with music by his regular composer, England’s Clint Mansell.<\/p>\n

The Silver Lion for best director was won by Russia’s Alexei German Jr. for “Paper Soldier”. The best actor award went to Italy’s Silvio Orlando for his role in “Il Papa di Giovanna” (“Giovanna’s Father”), and the best actress prize was awarded to Dominique Blanc in “L’Autre” (“The Other One”).<\/p>\n

Haile Gerima’s epic about Ethiopia, “Teza,”\u00a0won the Grand Jury and best screenplay awards and Jennifer Lawrence (pictured below) won the prize for best young performer for her performance in Guillermo Arriaga’s “The Burning Plain.”<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer_LawrencBurning<\/a><\/p>\n

Full list of winners:<\/p>\n

PRIZES OF THE 65TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL<\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY<\/p>\n

GOLDEN LION “The Wrestler,\u201d (Darren Aronofsky, US)<\/p>\n

SILVER LION \u201cPaper Soldier\u201d (Aleksey German Jr., Russia)<\/p>\n

GRAND JURY PRIZE “Teza,” (Haile Gerima, Ethiopia-Germany-France)<\/p>\n

ACTOR Silvio Orlando (\u201cIl Papa di Giovanna,\u201d Italy)<\/p>\n

ACTRESS Dominique Blanc (“L\u2019Autre,” France)<\/p>\n

BEST SCREENPLAY Haile Gerima (\u201cTeza,\u201d Ethiopia-Germany-France)<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION (Cinematography) Alisher Khamidhodjev, Maxim Drozdov (\u201cPaper Soldier,\u201d Russia)<\/p>\n

MARCELLO MASTROIANNI PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERFORMER Jennifer Lawrence (\u201cThe Burning Plain,\u201d US)<\/p>\n

SPECIAL LION FOR BODY OF WORK Werner Schroeter (Germany)<\/p>\n

OTHER JURIES<\/p>\n

LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE \u201cPranzo di Ferragosto,\u201d (Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)<\/p>\n

VENICE HORIZONS \u201cMelancholia\u201d (Lav Diaz, Philippines)<\/p>\n

VENICE HORIZONS DUCUMENTARY \u201cBelow Sea Level,\u201d (Aleksey Fedortchenko, Russia)<\/p>\n

VENICE HORIZONS SPECIAL MENTION \u201cUn Lac,\u201d (Philippe Grandrieux, France)<\/p>\n

VENICE HORIZONS SECOND SPECIAL MENTION \u201cWomen,\u201d (Huang Wenhai, China-Switzerland)<\/p>\n

Label Europa Cinemas \u2013 Venice Days 2008 Prize \u201c\u201cMachan,\u201d (Uberto Pasolini, Sri Lanka-Germany-Italy)<\/p>\n

FIPRESCI (INTL. CRITIC’S ASSN) COMPETITION PRIZE “Gabbla\u201d (\u201cInland\u201d) (Tariq Teguia, Algeria)<\/p>\n

FIPRESCI HORIZONS AND CRITICS\u2019 WEEK PRIZE \u201cGoodbye Solo\u201d (Ramin Bahrani, US)<\/p>\n

SHORTS<\/p>\n

Corto Cortissimo Prize \u201cTierra Y Pan,\u201d (Carlos Armella, Mexico)<\/p>\n

Corto Cortissimo Special Mention \u201cThe Dinner,\u201d (Karchi Perlmann, Hungary)<\/p>\n

UIP Prize for Best European Short \u201cThe Altruists,\u201d Koen Dejaegher (Belgium)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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