Venice film festival winds up, "Pieta" wins Golden Lion
22:52, 9 September 2012
VENICE. September 9. KAZINFORM The 69th Venice International Film Festival wound up on Saturday, with South Korean film "Pieta" directed by Kim Ki-duk scooping the Gold Lion, Venice's top prize.
"Pieta," starring Cho Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin, depicts the relationship between a young loan shark and a mysterious woman claiming to be his mother.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to American director Paul Thomas Anderson for his film "The Master," a story inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
The film's two actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix shared the Coppa Volpi award for best actor, Xinhua reports.
Israel's Hadas Yaron won the Coppa Volpi award for best actress for her appearance in "Lemale Et Ha'Chalal (Fill the Void)."
The Special Jury Prize was awarded to "Paradies: Glaube" (Paradise: Faith) by Austrian director Ulrich Seidl.