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Venice Film Festival: Sarsgaard honored as best actor
Peter Sarsgaard plays the male lead in “Memory”, a drama by Michel Franco. photo
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US actor Peter Sarsgaard was named best actor at the Venice Film Festival. The award for best actress also goes to a person from the USA.
The American actor Peter Sarsgaard has been named best actor at the Venice Film Festival. The jury announced this.
The 52-year-old plays the male lead in “Memory,” a drama by Michel Franco. He embodies a man with dementia. “Memory” is a drama about love and memory. At a press conference in Venice, Sarsgaard explained that the film particularly touched him because of a personal connection: his uncle, to whom he was very close, had developed dementia at a comparatively early age, like his character in the film.
Spaeny wins award for best actress
American actress Cailee Spaeny won the Best Actress award. In “Priscilla” (directed by Sofia Coppola), the 25-year-old plays the eponymous main character, the temporary wife of Elvis Presley.
The film biography is based on the memoirs of Priscilla Presley (78), “Elvis and Me”, and paints a new picture of the King of Rock’n’Roll: that of a man who loves his girlfriend, who is ten years his junior, but at the same time controls and betrays him . The drama is told from the perspective of Priscilla, who met Elvis in Germany at the age of 14 and moved to Memphis with him at the age of 17. Spaeny embodies a young woman who is filled with love but becomes increasingly desperate inside until she finally frees herself.
Directing award for Garrone
Italian director Matteo Garrone won the Silver Lion for Best Director. The 54-year-old received the award for his drama “Io capitano”. The film tells the story of two young men from Senegal in West Africa who want to escape to Italy and have horrific experiences on their journey.