FACTBOX - Who won what at the Venice film festival

Sun Sep 9, 2007 5:41am BST
 
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(Reuters) - Director Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution" won the top award at the Venice film festival on Saturday.

Here is a list of the main winners and what they said on the night:

GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM

"Lust, Caution" by Taiwanese director Ang Lee

"This honour, coming from you, is overwhelming to me. It is also overwhelming because this movie has taken me to some very difficult places. I have invited you to come along with me and at the end to stay down there with me ... You are the seven samurais, I needed your help."

SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Brian De Palma (U.S.) for "Redacted"

"It's a very emotional film. And having worked with many Iraqi refugees ... their stories are as moving as the pictures you see at the end of the movie."

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