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CANNES 2010 Awards / Italy

Germano dedicates Best Actor win to “Italians who are better than their ruling class"

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"Going head to head with Javier Bardem? That's already a victory for me!" Elio Germano had said when speaking to Italian journalists after the screening of Our Life [+see also:
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, when asked about the jury’s inclinations. And victory has arrived, in the form of a Best Actor Award, split with the extraordinary Spanish thespian, perhaps the most sought-after European actor of the moment.

The jury led by Tim Burton applauded Germano’s performance, directed by Daniele Luchetti, as a young construction worker and widower trying to raise three young sons. Said Germano: "I dedicate this prize to Italians, who are better than their ruling class".

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(Translated from Italian)

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