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Sophie Fillières Posthumously Wins Directors’ Fortnight Award with ‘This Life of Mine,’ ‘Universal Language’ Wins Audience Award
'This Life of Mine' won best French-language film, and Matthew Rankin's surrealist film 'Universal Language' won the first ever audience award.
Fillières’ began shooting “This Life of Mine” in late June of last year, wrapped at the end of July and checked into the hospital the next day. Postproduction was supervised by her children, actors Agathe and Adam Bonitzer, with regular notes that their mother would send from the hospital as it became clear to her that she’d never complete the project herself. In his review of “the film”Universal Language,” Variety’s Peter Debruge wrote: “The concept may not be intuitive, but the cross-cultural humor is certainly appealing in this singular satire, which unfolds in a place where French and Farsi are the official tongues.”
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