Brotherhood, about a love affair between two white power skinheads, has won the top jury prize at the 2009 Rome Film Festival, the AP reports.
35-year-old Fashion photographer Nicolo Donato's debut film takes a hard look at the neo-Nazi group
that the leading character, Lars, joins after leaving the army. The
group carries out raids on homosexuals, but Lars and his mentor in the
group, Jimmy, begin a love affair that they try to keep secret.
The Rome Film Festival jury, headed by Oscar-winning director Milos Forman, also honored Helen Mirren with a best actress award (for her
depiction of Leo Tolstoy's wife in Michael Hoffman's The Last
Station), while Meryl Streep picked up a career achievement award.
The jury handing out the awards was headed by Oscar-winning director Milos Forman.
The
best actor award went to Italy's Sergio Castellitto, who played a
single parent and blue-collar worker dreaming that his son will become
a boxing champ in the movie Alza la Testa.
First-time director and winner Nicolo Donato is pictured posing with his award below.
Photo: Getty
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