"Joker" Wins 2019 Venice Film Festival

Joker

Joker Source: ANSA

At the Venice International Film Festival, the Golden Lion was won by "Joker", directed by Todd Phillips, while Italy won two awards, with Luca Marinelli for "Martin Eden" and "The mafia is no longer what it once was" directed by Franco Maresco, which got the special jury prize.


Our movie buff and globe-trotting reporter, Sandra Bordigoni, reports from Venice.
Sandra Bordigoni
Sandra Bordigoni Source: Supplied

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