LONDON (AP) — Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari's comedy of manhood "Chevalier" was named best picture at the London Film Festival on Saturday, during a ceremony that honored Cate Blanchett with a major career award.It was a fitting finale to a festival that sought to showcase the work of talented women both onscreen and behind the camera.Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, who headed a prize jury that included actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kristin Scott Thomas, said Tsangari's film about a battle of egos among six men on a yacht was "both a hilarious comedy and a deeply disturbing statement on the condition of Western humanity."The film beat much-praised contenders including Cary Fukunaga's child-soldier saga "Beasts of No Nation" and Laszlo Nemes' searing Holocaust drama "Son of Saul."During a black-tie dinner ceremony at London's 17th-century Banqueting House, Blanchett was awarded the British Film Institute Fellowship by her "Lord of the Rings" co-star Ian McKellen, in recognition of a career that has already netted her two Oscars, for "The Aviator" and "Blue Jasmine."Blanchett starred in two films at the festival: Todd Haynes' 1950s-set lesbian romance "Carol" and James Vanderbilt's "Truth," in which she plays TV news producer Mary Mapes, who was fired over a story about former U.S.
'chevalier' Named Best Picture At London Film Festival
Jill Lawless, Business Insider
Sat, 10/17/2015 - 3:34pm
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