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Marianna Brennand’s Drama ‘Manas,’ Backed by Walter Salles and the Dardenne Brothers, Scores Top Venice Days Prize
Marianna Brennand’s drama ‘Manas,’ backed by Walter Salles and the Dardenne Brothers, has won the top Venice Days award.
Prompted by her mother’s words, she idolizes her older sister who supposedly escaped her reality by “finding a good man” on the barges that ply the region. Increasingly worried about her younger sister and the bleak future they face, she decides to confront the oppressive system that controls her family and the women in their community. The Europa Cinemas Label for best European film in the section, awarded by a separate jury, went to Dutch director Jan-Willem van Ewijk’s “Alpha,” which revolves around a tormented father-son relationship and is set in the Swiss Alps.
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