Nicole WinfieldThe Associated PressROME − "Poor Things," a film about Victorian-era female empowerment, won the Golden Lion on Saturday at a Venice Film Festival largely deprived of Hollywood glamour because of the writers and actors strikes. The film, starring Emma Stone, won the top prize at the 80th edition of the festival, which is often a predictor of Oscar glory. "Io Capitano (Me Captain)," by Matteo Garrone, won the award for best director while Garrone's young star, Seydou Sarr, won the award for best young actor. Woody Allen:The filmmaker attends Venice Film Festival with wife Soon-Yi Previn amid controversial receptionAgnieszka Holland's "Green Border," about Europe's other migration crisis on the Polish-Belarus border, won the Special Jury Prize. Peter Sarsgaard won best actor for "Memory," in which he co-stars with Jessica Chastain in a film about high schoolers reuniting.
