Jim Jarmusch’s latest film Father Mother Sister Brother won the Golden Lion, the top award of the 82nd Venice Film Festival, out of 21 films in competition, including Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia. The film tells three stories of different families, focusing on the relationships between adult siblings and their parents.
Each story dramatizes a different bond: a brother (Adam Driver) and a sister (Mayim Bialik) visiting their elderly father (Tom Waits); two sisters (Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps) visiting their mother, a writer (Charlotte Rampling); and twins (Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat) dealing with their deceased parents’ apartment.
This is Jarmusch’s 14th feature film, cementing his place as one of the most renowned figures of American independent cinema.
The Silver Lion and the longest standing ovation in the festival’s history (23 minutes) went to The Voice of Hind Rajab by Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, a dramatized documentary about the killing of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl by the Israeli army in Gaza. During the awards ceremony, winners spoke extensively in support of Palestinians in Gaza, while last Saturday about 10,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered on the Lido, the island where the festival took place.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems, Good Time) for the sports drama The Smashing Machine, while the Special Jury Prize was awarded to Below the Clouds, a documentary by Gianfranco Rosi (Fire at Sea, Sacro Gra). Finally, this year’s Honorary Golden Lion for lifetime achievement in cinema was presented to Vertigo star Kim Novak and director Werner Herzog.
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