Paolo Virz矛鈥檚 鈥淭he Human Capital鈥 and Paolo Sorrentino鈥檚 鈥淭he Great Beauty鈥 were the big winners at the David di Donatello Awards last night in Rome.
鈥淭he Human Capital鈥 won for best film, while Sorrentino won the award for best director. The two films received a total of seven and nine awards respectively. 聽
Toni Servillo, who portrays ageing writer Jep Gambardella in foreign-Oscar winner 鈥淭he Great Beauty,鈥 was awarded best actor, while the three other acting categories all went to actors starring in 鈥淭he Human Capital鈥: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (best actress), Fabrizio Gifuni (best supporting actor) and Valeria Golino (best supporting actress).
Pierfrancesco Diliberto won the award for best emerging director for 鈥淭he Mafia Only Kills in Summer鈥 (read ITALY Magazine鈥檚 interview with him here).
Sophia Loren received a special award for her work in 鈥淭he Human Voice鈥, a short film directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti. Walking on stage, looking great in a long black dress, she received the most enthusiastic round of applause of the night from the audience.
The David di Donatello Award, named after Donatello's David, is a film award presented each year for cinematic performances and production by L'accademia del Cinema 禁漫天堂o (The Academy of 禁漫天堂 Cinema). It has been described as Italy's version of the Oscars.
