FILM OF THE WEEK
INTERVIEW | 'Tuya's Marriage' wins Golden Bear in Berlin |
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| Saturday, 17 February 2007 | |
 57th Berlinale: director Wang Quan’an and actress Nan Yu celebrate after the ceremony. Photo by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net. All rights reserved. The Chinese film Tuya de hun shi (Tuya’s Marriage) from director Wang Quan’an has won the Golden Bear, the top prize of the Berlin Film Festival. The 2007 edition of Berlinale concluded this evening with the awards ceremony before a screening of the closing title Angel from French director François Ozon. Tuya’s Marriage tells the story of a woman’s efforts to find a new husband who can take care of both her and her sick ex-husband. The film was one of the few universally praised films in Competition in Berlin. Acting prizes went to German actress Nina Hoss for her portrayal of the title character in Christian Petzold’s Yella and Argentinean actor Julio Chavez for his role in Ariel Ritter’s El otro (The Other), which also won the Jury Grand Prix. The Best Director Silver Bear went to Joseph Cedar for his Israeli film Beaufort, about the last Israeli soldiers stationed in Lebanon before their withdrawal. The ensemble cast of US production The Good Shepherd, the story of the birth of the CIA from actor-turned-director Robert de Niro, won the Best Artistic Contribution mention, while Best Music went to the Scottish production Hallam Foe. The Alfred Bauer Prize for "a work of particular innovation" went to Park Chan-Wook's Korean film Sai bo gu ji man gwen chan a (I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK). Related articles: |
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