Golden Lion Winner Reviewed: "Father Mother Sister Brother"

by Elisa Giudici

Tom Wait in Jim Jarmusch's FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER

On the closing night of Venice 82, the Golden Lion went to Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother. The decision immediately set off a storm of controversy. The overwhelming favorite had been Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia's Oscar submission, and a film that electrified audiences with its urgency and moral weight. Yet once again, the jury—this year led by Alexander Payne—opted for a different kind of statement: not the raw political immediacy of Gaza, but the quieter, “career-crowning” recognition of a grand elder of cinema.

This dynamic is nothing new on the Lido...

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