Ang Lee wins the Golden Lion

Simonetta Robiony, sent to Venice by the daily, looks back on the festival's prize winners and notes that over the past few years, only one European film-maker, Mike Leigh, has won the Golden Lion. "Thus the Taiwanese director Ang Lee, by winning his second Golden Lion at the Mostra, has triggered a polemic. Marco Müller, the festival's director, is a big connoisseur of China. He appreciates its culture, likes its films and speaks its language. But three Golden Lions in four years have been awarded to Asian films. Is this not a bit much? Will Müller not be accused of influencing the jury? ... This year's verdict is very contrasted, with a majority vote that was not unanimous. Each member of the jury had a favourite, but all agreed that Ang Lee's film is a great and beautiful film."

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