The director Sofia Coppola, above, was awarded the 67th Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion prize for best film on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. “Somewhere,” Ms. Coppola’s drama about a Hollywood star who realizes how empty his life is after reconnecting with his 11-year-old daughter, stars Stephen Dorff (“Public Enemies”) and Elle Fanning, younger sister to Dakota. The festival jury was unanimous in its decision to award the prize to Ms. Coppola, said the director Quentin Tarantino, who served as this year’s jury chairman. “This film enchanted us from its first screening,” he said. The movie covers familiar territory for Ms. Coppola. Her widely praised 2003 film, “Lost In Translation,” shared similar themes, and Ms. Coppola spent much of her childhood moving around with her father, the director Francis Ford Coppola. Among the other prizes given out on Saturday were the Silver Lion, for best director, and the Osella, for best screenplay, both of which went to Álex de la Iglesia of Spain for his movie “Balada Triste de Trompeta” (“A Sad Trumpet Ballad”). A special jury prize was given to Jerzy Skolimowski for his film “Essential Killing,” which also earned Vincent Gallo (“The Brown Bunny”) an award for best actor.
9/13/2010 10:10:00 AM
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