Nicole Kidman Wins Best Actress at Venice Amid Family Tragedy
Nicole Kidman won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her role in "Babygirl," where she plays a CEO entangled in an affair with a young intern. She was unable to attend the ceremony due to the recent death of her mother. Vincent Lindon received the best actor award for his performance in "The Quiet Son," a French drama addressing the impacts of far-right radicalism on a family.
The festival's top honor, the Golden Lion for best film, was awarded to Pedro Almodovar for his English-language debut, "The Room Next Door." The Silver Lion went to Italian director Maura Delpero for her World War II drama "Vermiglio." Brady Corbet won the best director award for "The Brutalist," a film about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor played by Adrien Brody. Sarah Friedland's "Familiar Touch" won the Luigi De Laurentiis award for a debut film. The festival concluded with the world premiere of Kevin Costner's "Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2."
