Kim Ki-Duk’s “Pieta” wins top prize at Venice Film Fest September 10, 2012 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the Venice Film Festival for Pieta, about a loan shark whose life is changed by a woman who claims to be his mother, Sky News reported. The Silver Lion for best director went to Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master, inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The film's stars, Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, shared the prize for best actor during the ceremony on Saturday. The best actress award went to Israeli actress Hadas Yaron, for her role in Fill the Void. Pieta follows a young loan shark as he goes about his business maiming debtors to collect insurance money. His ruthless course is interrupted by a stranger who claims to be his mother - and his acceptance of her opens in him a sense of pity for his former victims. Partner news  Top stories Oldman made his directorial debut in 1997 with the critically-acclaimed family drama "Nil by Mouth." Yuri Shevchukexpressed a wish to meet representatives of the Armenian rock, noting it as one of the key goals of his visit. The Hunger Games star joins a cast featuring John Malkovich, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sheen and Teresa Palmer. 100 officers raided businesses, homes and art galleries across the country including in Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Cologne.   Partner news |  Latest news New details on Yuri Gagarin air crash revealed  Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorised" plane flew too close to Gagarin's fighter jet, sending it into a spin.2 dead as minibus on Yerevan-Aleppo route hits taxi in Turkey Armenian citizen Tila Papikyan was taken to Yerevan-based Erebuni medical center; those injured were offered medical help on site.U.S., EU launch negotiations for free-trade deal "This is a once in a generation prize and we are determined to seize it," said British Prime Minister David Cameron.Turkish government says may use army to end Istanbul unrest The government would use "all its powers" and the armed forces if necessary, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said. |
