'Evil Does Not Exist' wins the runner-up Silver Lion award while 'Green Border' gets a special Jury's Award
, a gothic, sex-charged comedy directed by Greece’s Yorgos Lanthimos, won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, September 9.
Childlike but with an adult’s body, Stone’s character Bella Baxter grows increasingly independent and excited by her sexual experimentations as she undertakes a voyage of self-discovery through a surreal version of 19th century Europe. The top acting awards at the festival went to two US stars – Cailee Spaeny, who played the former wife of Elvis Presley in the biopicThe runner-up Silver Lion award went to, an enigmatic, rural drama directed by Japan’s Ryusuke Hamaguchi – the only Asian entry among the 23 films competing for the main prize.
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