10/12/2012 - Michael Haneke's feature is named Best Film of the Year and Emmanuelle Riva shines. Holy Motors wins Best Foreign Film.

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has awarded Best Film of the Year to Austrian director Michael Haneke's Love [+see also:
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Another French film that made quite an impression in Cannes won two of the awards handed out by the Los Angeles film critics. Leos Carax's feature Holy Motors [+see also:
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Last week, the New York Film Critics Circle awarded British actress Rachel Weisz Best Actress for her performance in The Deep Blue Sea [+see also:
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interview: Terence Davies
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(Translated from French)