The film gives us the personal and poetic perspective of an artist couple on the history and present day of a torn country. At the same time, it shows that everyday life goes on and that art and beauty play a part in it.
75th Locarno Film Festival
03.08.2022 to 13.08.2022
Locarno
Award ceremony of the Ecumenical Jury, from left: Linde Fröhlich, Anne-Béatrice Schwab, Abbas Fahdel, Nour Ballouk and Lukas Jirsa (© Locarno Film Festival / Ti-Press / Massimo Piccoli)
At the 75th Locarno Film Festival, the awards were presented. The Ecumenical Jury awarded its prize to "The Tale of the Purple House" (Hikayat elbeit elorjowani) by Abbas Fahdel (Lebanon, Iraq, France 2022), a "figurative Noah's Ark in times of the Flood", as the director says. The jury also awarded a Special Mention to "Tengo sueños eléctricos" by Valentina Maurel (Belgium, France, Costa Rica 2022). The film also received three festival awards: a Leopard for Best Director, Best Actress (Daniela Marín Navarro) and Best Actor (Reinaldo Amien Gutiérrez). The Golden Leopard went to the Brazilian film "Regra 34" (Rule 34) by Julia Murat. The Fipresci Prize of the Jury of International Film Critics was awarded to "Stone Turtle" (Malaysia, Indonesia 2022) by Ming Jin Woo.
Awards
Tales of the Purple House
Directed by:
2022
Directed by:
2022
The film follows the trajectory of a young teenager living in a family infused and shaken by break-ups and violence, but also by love.
