14/04/2014 - Swedish director Jan Troell’s film has triumphed at the festival in Paris; the jury chaired by Krzysztof Zanussi also singled out The Gambler and The Enemy Within

The Last Sentence by Jan Troell

Following one month of screenings in Paris, the ninth edition of the L'Europe autour de l'Europe Festival closed yesterday evening with its competition awards ceremony, at which The Last Sentence [+see also:
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Interestingly, The Gambler also won the Prix Luna, awarded by a jury consisting of students and young professionals from the cultural sphere, and a Special Mention went to Free Range [+see also:
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(Translated from French)