Philippine revenge drama wins Venice Film Festival's top prizeA nearly four-hour long movie about a woman's thirst for revenge and her feelings of forgiveness after 30 years in jail for a crime she did not commit won the Venice Film Festival's top prize on Saturday. Director Lav Diaz (C) poses with actress Charo Santos-Concio (L) and actor John Lloyd Cruz (R) as they attend the photo call for the movie 'Ang Babaeng Humayo' (The Woman Who Left) at the 73rd Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy September 9, 2016. The runner-up Grand Jury prize went to Tom Ford's thriller "Nocturnal Animals", the second feature by the celebrated fashion designer. German actress Paula Beer received the Marcello Mastroianni Award acknowledging an emerging performer, for her role in post-war drama "Frantz". The special jury prize went to Ana Lily Amirpour's cannibal-survivor fairytale "The Bad Batch".

Source: VietNamNet News September 10, 2016 22:52 UTC