'Vera Drake' Wins Top Honor in Venice
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VENICE, Italy - Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a film about an underground abortionist in 1950s England, won the Golden Lion for best picture Saturday at the close of the 11-day Venice Film Festival.   "Vera Drake" is another of Leigh's raw, naturalistic films dealing with social issues in Britain...
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Taiwan was flushed with pride on Sunday  as favorite son and world famous director Ang Lee took Venice  film festival&#39;s top award for his steamy thriller &quot;Lust,  Caution,&quot; just two years after winning with &quot;Brokeback  Mountain.&quot;
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ROME  - The 64th Venice Film Festival will open with Joe Wright's "Atonement," starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave, organizers said Friday.
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Vera Drake and Bad Education are among the nominees for the European Film Academy Awards.
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The Chinese movie "Sanxia Haoren," or "Still Life," on Saturday took this year's Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival.
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"The Queen," a superbly acted   reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused   by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to   land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
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The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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Tim Burton, the king of macabre fairy tales like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Corpse Bride" and "Edward Scissorhands", was honored with a career award at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of  a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal  abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice  Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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(ANSA) - VENEZIA, 11 SET - &#39;Il segreto di Vera Drake&#39; dell&#39;inglese Mike Leigh ha vinto il Leone d&#39;oro alla 61/ma Mostra del cinema di Venezia. Gran Premio della Giuria ad Alejandro Amenabar per &#39;Mare dentro&#39;.
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A new film in which Dame Helen Mirren portrays the British Queen is premiered at the Venice festival.
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Stars turn out for Mike Leigh's movie Vera Drake at the gala opening of the London Film Festival.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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Bernardo Bertolucci will receive an honorary Golden Lion award at this year's Venice Film Festival.
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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Ang Lee's movie "Lust, Caution" won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival on Saturday.