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‘For Your Sake’ Grabs Top Prize at Taormina Film Festival
The Taormina Film Festival wrapped its 71st edition with Axel Monsu’s “For Your Sake” taking home the top prize.
The Argentinian film tells the story of a young girl played by Sabrina Melgarejo, whose life is restricted by poverty and an oppressive religion until she decides to make an attempt at taking her destiny into her own hands. Similarly honored with prizes were the likes of Michael Douglas, Catherine Deneuve, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Billy Zane, James Franco, Rupert Everett and Olivia Wilde. Having only been placed in her post three months prior to the start of the Sicilian festival, artistic director Tiziana Rocca has managed to create a celebration which included both top class Hollywood talent alongside Italian stars such as Luca Zingaretti (“Ispettore Montalbano”), Salvatore Esposito (“Gomorra”) and Monica Bellucci, who will close the festival in a sold out ceremony on Saturday night, accompanied by her husband Tim Burton and introducing a screening of Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Malena” on its 25th anniversary in the Ancient Greek Theater.
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