Guillermo del Toro kisses the Golden Lion for best film for ‘The Shape Of Water’ during the awards photo call at the 74th Venice Film Festival at the Venice Lido, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (Domenico Stinellis/Associated Press)VENICE, Italy — Guillermo del Toro’s monster thriller “The Shape of Water” took top prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, capping an 11-day event where the demons of social division and environmental disaster loomed large on the screen. Del Toro’s film was one of several in the lineup that looked anxiously at humanity’s treatment of the Earth and one another. The festival’s runner-up Grand Jury Prize went to Israeli director Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot,” a compelling study of a family’s grief and the way trauma echoes through the generations. I do it from love.”France’s Xavier Legrand was named best director for his first full-length film “Custody,” which also won the festival’s first-feature prize.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2017 18:43 UTC