Cate Blanchett, one of the world’s leading actresses, won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival for the second time.
Kate won her first Venice Award for Best Actress for ‘I’m Not There’ in 2007, while in 2020 she also chaired the jury at the Venice Film Festival.
According to AFP, the 53-year-old actress won the award this time for her portrayal of a complex and challenging classical music conductor in ‘Tar’ who has a close relationship with her female colleagues.
Cate Blanchett told reporters in Venice after her Evade win that she was not interested in ‘agtprop’ or political propaganda through art.
She also said that ‘I do not see artistic creation as a means of education.’
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He said: ‘It can be politicized. It can be debated, people can be disgusted by it. We can be angry with him and we can be inspired by him, but all this is beyond our control.’
Born in Melbourne on May 14, 1969, Blanchett began her career on the stage and quickly moved on to film roles.
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” a documentary about American photographer Nan Golden and her fight against the influential Sackler family, won the most important “Golden Line” award at the Venice Film Festival Mecca, according to Reuters.
The documentary, by investigative journalist Laura Poiters, tells the remarkable story of Golden’s life and his campaign to hold the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical firm accountable for the drug crisis. had gone
It is only the second time in the 79-year history of the Venice Film Festival, considered a launching pad for Oscar contenders, that the main award, the ‘Golden Line’, has been awarded to a documentary.
The runner-up Grand Jury Award went to director Alice Dupp’s French courtroom thriller drama ‘Saint Omer’.
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” beat more high-profile rivals, including films from US streaming service Netflix and popular European dramas.
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2024-10-05 02:09:22