Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion to Joker, Italy triumphs in the Coppa Volpi

The verdicts of the 76th edition of the Venice Biennale’s Venice International Film Festival are in. The Golden Lion for Best Picture went to Todd Phillips’ Joker, the film dedicated to Batman’s number one enemy, starring Joaquín Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a poor stand-up comedian who will become a very dangerous criminal due to constant failures that aggravate his mental problems.

The male Coppa Volpi, on the other hand, goes to an Italian actor: the winner is Luca Marinelli, star of Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden. In the film, a free film adaptation of Jack London’s novel of the same name, Marinelli plays Martin Eden, a young sailor in early 20th-century Naples who sees the birth of the mass movements and dreams of becoming a writer.

For the women’s section, the Coppa Volpi goes instead to Ariane Ascaride, a French actress who stars in Gloria Mundi by fellow country director Robert Guédiguian. The other awards: the Grand Jury Prize goes to Roman Polanski’s J’accuse, the Silver Lion for Best Director to Roy Andersson for the film Om det oändliga, the Special Jury Prize goes to La mafia non è più that of the past by Franco Maresco, the Best Screenplay Award goes to Yonfan for the animated film Ji yuan tai qi hao, the “Marcello Mastroianni” Award for the young emerging actor goes to Toby Wallace for the film Babyteeth by Shannon Murphy, and finally the Lion of the Future - Venice opera prima Award goes to You will die at 20 by Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala.

Pictured: Todd Phillips and Joaquín Phoenix with the Golden Lion.

Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion to Joker, Italy triumphs in the Coppa Volpi

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