Shultze wins at Guijòn
The German miner who wants to emigrate to Louisiana, the main character in the film by the German director Michael Schorr, Schultze gets the blues [+see also:
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Another film that did well was by the Russian director, Andrey Zvyaginstev, The Return, which was awarded the Grand Prize by the international jury as well as the awards for Best Actor and Best Screenplay. The Young Jury choose two French films to award: the feature length film Love Me if You Dare [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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