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A father-and-son drama by first-time Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev called Vozvrashchenie (The
Return) has won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
Zvyagintsev was shaken by a tragic death after filming
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The film tells the story of two adolescent boys who are subjected to a harsh regime when their strict father returns after a 10-year absence.
But there was real-life tragedy shortly after filming ended when one of its stars, 15-year-old actor Vladimir Girin, drowned in the lake where some scenes were set.
The runner-up Grand Prix Silver Lion went to Lebanese-born
Randa Chahal Sabbag's The Kite - a film about love and separation on the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Japanese director Takeshi Kitano won best director for Zatoichi, about a blind swordsman in 19th Century Japan.
Other awards were:
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Outstanding Individual Contribution: Marco Bellocchio for the script of Buongiorno, Notte (Good Morning, Night) - a film which revisits the 1978 kidnapping and murder of former
Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades;
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Best Actor: Sean Penn in 21 Grams, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, about three people thrown together by an accident;
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Best Actress: Katja Riemann in Rosenstrasse, which deals with the deportation of Jews in 1943 Berlin;
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Best Young Actor or Actress: Najat Bessalem in Raja.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival - the oldest event of its kind.
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