Del Toro's "The shape of water" wins Golden Lion at 74th Venice Film Festival

Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-10 04:16:06|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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VENICE, Italy, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- "The shape of water" by Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro won the major Golden Lion Award at the 74th edition of Venice Film Festival, which closed Saturday evening.

Del Toro was bestowed the prize by president of the international jury Annette Bening during the awarding ceremony held at the Cinema Palace on the Venice Lido.

"The Shape of Water" is a story told in the form of a fairy tale, about a mute woman who falls for a mysterious, amphibious creature captured in water depths, and subjected to a secret experiment by the U.S. military.

With Sally Hawkins playing the main character, the story is set in the United States in the early 1960s against the backdrop of the Cold War era.

"The shape of water" was one of 21 features vying this year for the Golden Lion, which is the highest prize conferred in Venice.

Besides the 21 world premieres running in the main competition, this 74th edition featured 22 works out of the competition -- including eight documentaries and two medium-length films -- and another 19 in the Horizons section devoted to new cinema trends.

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