Helen Mirren takes Best Actress honors at the Rome Film Festival:
Helen Mirren won Rome’s Silver Marc’Aurelio award for best actress for her performance as Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife in Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station. Gabriele Muccino presented the honour to Mirren, who brought the house down with an acceptance speech in Italian in which she cited the inspiration of Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura and that of the iconic actresses Monica Vitti, Claudia Cardinale, Stefania Sandrelli, Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren. (Screendaily)
Sergio Castellitto won Best Actor for Alza la Testa, as a father who lives his dreams of a boxing career vicariously through his son.
The Danish film Brotherhood took the Best Picture prize. The film debut from Danish-Italian director Nicola Donato — a former fashion photographer — involves a gay love affair between two members of a violent neo-Nazi group.
Two more clips from The Last Station after the cut.