- Australian actress Nicole Kidman won the award for best actress at the Venice Film Festival.
- Frenchman Vincent Lindon was honored as best actor.
- The Golden Lion goes to the film “The Room Next Door” by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar.
- The jury announced this in the evening.
In “Babygirl,” Kidman (57) plays a woman who lives out long-suppressed sexual desires. The erotic drama by Dutch director Halina Reijn tells the story of female desire in an innovative way. Kidman plays a businesswoman who begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson).
The winners of the Venice Film Festival 2024
In the drama “Jouer avec le feu” by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Lindon (65) plays a single father who has to deal with the fact that one of his sons is diving into the right-wing extremist milieu.
The Golden Lion goes to the film “The Room Next Door” by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The drama tells the story of two friends who have to deal with death. Tilda Swinton plays a woman with terminal cancer who asks an old friend (Julianne Moore) for a complicated favor. She does not want to be alone at the moment of her self-imposed death. The film is based on the novel “What are you missing?” by Sigrid Nunez.
Almodóvar is Spain’s most internationally famous director. His film “All About My Mother” won an Oscar in 2000. The 74-year-old received another Oscar in 2003 for “Talk to Her”. “The Room Next Door” is his first English-language feature film.
Italian director Maura Delpero received the Grand Jury Prize for her film “Vermiglio”.