Marco Bellocchio’s mafia movie The Traitor topped last night’s David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s national film awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film. The movie also won Director for Bell…
topped last night’s David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s national film awards, scooping six prizes including Best Film.
The movie also won Director for Bellocchio, Screenplay, Actor for Pierfrancesco Favino, Supporting Actor for Luigi Lo Cascio, and Best Editing. It premiered at Cannes last year before going on to gross a healthy $5.3M in Italy via local outfit 01 Distribution. Sony Pictures Classics released in the U.S., taking $294,783.
There was no physical ceremony this year due to the ongoing lockdown but host network Rai instead put on a virtual ceremony, with winners appearing via video link. As reported by Republica, Italian president Sergio Mattarella sent in a message of support for the Italian film industry during the coronavirus crisis. “To my great regret, this year, for the well-known reason of health , it was not possible to organize the presentation ceremony of the David di Donatellos,” the statement, translated from Italian, read.'The Assistant' Delivers Satisfying Opening Weekend, The Clintons Usher In 'Incitement's U.S.
“The world of cinema is undergoing, to a particularly heavy extent, the consequences of the terrible epidemic that suddenly hit our existence, upsetting its uses, habits, projects and realizations… To rebuild our country after the dramatic epidemic it will be necessary to recover inspirations and, therefore, to go back to dreaming and making people dream. And this is the main task of art, creativity and artists,” he added.
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