KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic -- Italian brothers Andrea and Antonio Frazzi won Karlovy Vary's Crystal Globe top prize Saturday for their film Certi bambini (A Children's Story), which delves into the disturbing world of street children and criminal abuse. The $20,000 award for the film was presented by French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who received an award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the festival's closing gala ceremony Saturday night in the Bohemian spa town that has hosted the festival since its 1946 launch. Spanish film Leon y Olvido (Leon and Olvido), a touching and poignant tale of a Down syndrome orphan's relationship with his older sister, won best director for Xavier Bermudez and best actress for Marta Larralde's performance as the sister.
- 7/11/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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