The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq earns two awards at Tribeca
- Guillaume Nicloux’s film has snagged a Special Mention and the Best Screenplay Award in New York
Popular in the Forum section of this year’s Berlinale, The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq [+see also:
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Produced by Les Films du Worso (which will be unveiling Timbuktu [+see also:
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Also featuring in the awards list of this 13th edition of the Tribeca Festival was Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, who won Best Actress for her performance in the minority French co-production Human Capital [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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