Chinese film triumphs at Venice

时间：2006-09-11 07:16:23

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China's director Jia Zhang-ke poses with the Golden Lion for Best Film. A poetic1 film about the effects of China's Three Gorges2 Dam on the lives of ordinary people, "Still Life" by Jia, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 63rd Venice Film Festival, the jury announced at a gala finale. (Photo: AFP)
 
Sept. 10 - The Chinese movie Still Life, a surprise entry set against the backdrop of China's gigantic Three Gorges Dam project, on Saturday won this year's Golden Lion — the top award at the Venice Film Festival.

 

Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck took the top acting3 awards.

 

Mirren was named best actress for her portrayal4 of Queen Elizabeth II in Stephen Frear's The Queen. Affleck won best actor for his role in Allen Coulter's Hollywoodland, which dramatizes an investigation5 into the death of George Reeves, star of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman.

 

The Queen also took the prize for best script.

 

Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke's Still Life or Sanxia Haoren was a surprise entry late in the festival, and trumped6 candidates like Emilio Estevez' Bobby, about the assassination7 of Robert Kennedy, and "The Queen," about the week that followed Princess Diana's death.

 

Still Life was shot in the old village of Fengjie, which has been destroyed by the building of the Three Gorges Dam, and tells of people who go back there. More than 1.13 million Chinese have been relocated to make way for the dam.

 

"We were told there would be a surprise film at the end of this festival, and we didn't have a lot of discussion," French actress Catherine Deneuve, who headed the jury that awarded the top prize, told reporters after the ceremony.

 

"The beauty of the cinematography and the quality of the story, without getting political, the characters, we were very touched and we were very moved," Deneuve added. "We know it's a very special film."

 

The Silver Lion for directing went to Alain Resnais for his film Private Fears in Public Places. Resnais returned to the Venice Film Festival 45 years after his film Last year at Marienbad won the Golden Lion.

 

Resnais' new film is an adaptation of British playwright8 Alan Ayckbourn's play of the same name, and tells the overlapping9 stories of six people's search for identity, spun10 around alcohol, sex and religion.

 

The movie Nuovomondo (Golden Door) won the Silver Lion for revelation, an award that the jury does not have to hand out. The movie follows the voyage of a Sicilian family in the early 1990s from their homeland to America.

 

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1 poetic b2PzT     
adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的
参考例句：
  • His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
  • His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。
2 gorges 5cde0ae7c1a8aab9d4231408f62e6d4d     
n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕
参考例句：
  • The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
  • We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句
3 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
4 portrayal IPlxy     
n.饰演；描画
参考例句：
  • His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
  • The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。
5 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
6 trumped ccd8981ef2e9e924662f9825da2c2ce2     
v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去分词 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造
参考例句：
  • That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他，使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 assassination BObyy     
n.暗杀；暗杀事件
参考例句：
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
8 playwright 8Ouxo     
n.剧作家，编写剧本的人
参考例句：
  • Gwyn Thomas was a famous playwright.格温·托马斯是著名的剧作家。
  • The playwright was slaughtered by the press.这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判。
9 overlapping Gmqz4t     
adj./n.交迭（的）
参考例句：
  • There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
  • A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。
10 spun kvjwT     
v.纺，杜撰，急转身
参考例句：
  • His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
  • Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

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