Home » breakingnews » Filipino Drama ‘The Woman Who Left’ Wins at Venice Film FestivalFilipino Drama ‘The Woman Who Left’ Wins at Venice Film Festivalphoto videoFilipino auteur Lav Diaz win sthe Golden Lion prize at the Venice International Film Festival for The Woman Who Left (Ang Babaeng Humayo). He bested Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, the designer’s follow-up to his 2009 film A Single Man. The Woman Who Left follows a schoolteacher trying to lead a normal life after spending 30 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit while plotting the murder of the man who framed her. (Heavy stuff, I know) The film runs for a good 228 minutes and is the 19th film of the 57-year-old director. Variety gives praises to the film calling it a "refreshingly contained moral study."

Source: The Nation Bangkok September 11, 2016 08:37 UTC