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22 May 2001 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Italy has fallen over itself to welcome back its new favourite son - Cannes film festival winner Nanni Moretti. Moretti, 57, won the Palme D'Or at the 54th Cannes festival on Sunday for The Son's Room, a tragic story of a family torn apart by the death of a child. "Nanni Moretti has won, Italian cinema has won", declared a front-page editorial in Rome daily La Republica. "It is a victory for all those in Italy who share Moretti's love for culture, intelligence, zeal and intellectual honesty." It is the first time Italy has won the coveted prize in 23 years, since it saw back-to-back victories with Padre Padrone and The Tree Of Wooden Clogs in 1977 and 1978. "Long live Moretti," announced Milan's Corriere Della Sera. "Simplicity and profundity, sincerity and artistic maturity are what have made The Son's Room a point of reference in modern cinematography," wrote one of Italy's foremost film critics Tullio Kezich, on the front page of Corriere. "This is resounding confirmation that the big screen can be a mirror on life, touching everyone's conscience."

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21 May 2001 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or top prize was awarded Sunday to Italian director Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, a critical and audience favorite at the festival. U.S. films, including the weekend box-office openers Shrek and Moulin Rouge, went away virtually prize-less, except for tie-wins by Joel Coen and David Lynch for the director's award. Coen won for his The Man Who Wasn't There, and Lynch won for his Mulholland Drive, originally produced as a pilot for a television series that was turned down. The French film The Piano Teacher received three awards, two for its stars, Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel, and the Grand Prix for director Michael Haneke. The best screenplay award went to Bosnian Danis Tanovic for his No Man's Land, while the Golden Camera, an award that goes to a first-time director, was presented to Canadian Zacharias Kunuk for his Atanarjuat The Fast Runner.

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