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Golden Lion for The Room Next Door

Golden Lion for The Room Next Door

Pedro Almodóvar brings the Tod nach Venedig and a Doku offenbart das Innere der Russian Armee

The Spanish director won the Goldenen Löwen for his Euthanasia-Drama «The Room Next Door». A documentation about Russian soldiers has appeared in the Lido-criticism. Under the deception of fascism you will find the Spectacle-Series.

The big winner of the Evenings: Pedro Almodóvar with the main prize, the Golden Lion.

The big winner of the Evenings: Pedro Almodóvar with the main prize, the Golden Lion.

Image: Fabio Frustaci / EPA

Pedro Almodóvar can win his first ever main prize at a film festival. The Spaniard is being awarded the Golden Age in Venice for – also as a premiere – his first English feature film, «The Room Next Door», based on a novel by Sigrid Nunez. It is an aesthetic political response.