French film on illegal abortion wins top prize at Venice festival

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'Happening' (L'événement), a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival on Saturday.

The 78th Venice Film Festival - Awards Ceremony - Venice, Italy, September 11, 2021 - Director Audrey Diwan receives the Golden Lion award for Best Film. REUTERS/Yara NardiVENICE, Sept 11 - "Happening" , a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival on Saturday.

"It is amazing that you managed to make this happen," said New Zealand's Jane Campion, who won the Silver Lion prize for best director with 1920 frontier saga "The Power of The Dog". Ben Affleck - holding hands with Jennifer Lopez - Matt Damon, Timothee Chalamet and Kristen Stewart were among the Hollywood A-listers who made the trip for the world's oldest film festival.

 

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Did Osama Bin Abbott show up to protest? He's so rightious.

In Venice films on other subject than migrants, refugees, Muslims/Muslim problems, Jews in Nazi Germany etc. can still win the top price! Unlike the Berlin Film Festival 'Berlinale'. Normally, if the subject isn't Nazis, refugees, migrants, the chance for a price is really small.

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