Italian Golden Globes: The Winners

Mario Martone’s Il Giovane Favoloso (Leopardi) is the BEST FILM winner of the Italian Golden Globes!

The Foreign Press Grand Prize went to Ermanno Olmi’s tale of exhausted WWI soldiers, Torneranni I Prati (Greenery Will Bloom Again.)

Torneranno_i_prati_Still
Torneranno i Prati

Best Actor,  Luca Zingaretti for Perez.

Luca Zingaretti
Luca Zingaretti

And (Evviva!) Best Actress, Alba Rohrwacher for Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts. Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver
Hungry Hearts. Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver

Best First Work goes to, YAY! director Laura Bispuri for Vergine Giurata (Sworn Virgin), which also starred Alba Rohrwacher.

Director Laura Bispuri with Sworn Virgin actresses Flonja Kodheli and Alba Rohrwacher
Director Laura Bispuri with Sworn Virgin actresses Flonja Kodheli and Alba Rohrwacher