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The winners of the Cannes "Criticism Week" were declared
The winners of the Cannes "Criticism Week" were declared
© ENERGIA ENTUSIASTA FROM FROM PAOLINAOn Thursday, May 21, in Cannes, the closing ceremony of the Critics Week contest was held. The Grand Prix received the Argentine director of Santiago Mitra for the film "Paulina" (La Patota / Paulina).
It is reported by TASS .
The remake of the same name by the famous Argentine director Daniel Tinair, published in 1960, tells the story of a 28-year-old resident of Buenos Aires. Leaving a lawyer's career in the capital, Paulina leaves to work as a teacher in one of the most depressed regions of the country. There, the heroine of the film is raped by hooligans. Soon she finds out that she is pregnant.
Two awards of “Criticism Week” - the “Revelation” prize and the award of the French Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers - received the Colombian director Cesar Augusto Asedo for the film “Earth and Shadow” ( La Tierra Y La Sombra ).
In the program of short films, Fulvio Rizuleo (Italy) for the film " Waricella ) and Andrey Kretsulescu (Romania) for the film" Ramona "( Ramona ) were awarded.
The Critics Week contest was created in 1962 by the trade union of French film critics in order to find new talents among young directors. It passes simultaneously with the Cannes festival, but is not part of it.
Last year, the Grand Prix of the “Criticism Week” received the film “Tribes” of the Ukrainian director Miroslav Sloshpitsky.