Abortion Drama 'Vera Drake' Wins Venice Golden Lion
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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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For the first time at the Venice Film Festival, all films vying for the top Golden Lion award will make their world premiere at the late summer event, organizers said Thursday.
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"Still Life," a Chinese film about   ordinary people set against the giant Three Gorges Dam project,   was the surprise winner of the Venice Film Festival's coveted   Golden Lion award on Saturday.
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Taiwanese director Ang Lee's sexually explicit "Lust, Caution" was the surprise winner of the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival on Saturday, just two years after he won with "Brokeback Mountain."
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La 61ma Mostra ha premiato &#39;Il segreto di Vera Drake&#39;, film inglese sul tema dell&#39;aborto, e &#39;Mare dentro&#39;, che affronta l&#39;argomento eutanasia. Delusione per gli italiani, a partire da &#39;Le chiavi di casa&#39; di
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, winner of Golden Lion at the 61st Venice International Film Festival, and Imelda Staunton, winner of the best actress award for her role in the movie, attend the opening ceremony of the 48th London Film Festival in London
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With an acceptance speech that included a dig at the Cannes Film Festival, Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake&quot; won the Leone d&#39;Oro for best film, closing out a controversial edition of the Venice Film Festival marked with some organizational snafus.
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The guessing game is almost over at the Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the prize ceremony on Saturday evening.
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"The Aviator" soared Saturday at the British Academy Film Awards, taking four prizes including best film. The abortion drama "Vera Drake" won three, including best director for Mike Leigh.
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Is the abortionist and mother who is the heroine of the new movie "Vera Drake" helping young girls or putting their lives in danger?
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Mike Leigh's controversial film Vera Drake scoops the Golden Lion prize for best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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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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Taiwanese director Ang Lee&#39;s sexually  explicit spy thriller &quot;Lust, Caution&quot; was the surprise winner  of the top award at the Venice film festival on Saturday, just  two years after he won with &quot;Brokeback Mountain.&quot;
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, is to raise the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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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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The 61st annual Venice Film Festival concluded Saturday with the film&#39;s top prize, the &quot;Golden Lion,&quot; going to the English director, Mike Leigh.
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Una vittoria annunciata nelle ultime ore. Il Leone dâOro 2004 va a Vera Drake del regista inglese Mike Leigh. Â«Fare i film Ã¨ sempre molto difficile â ha detto il vincitore - Vera Drake Ã¨ stato girato