'Lourdes' takes top prize at Sevilla Film Fest

Jessica Hausner's critically acclaimed French-language drama "Lourdes" took home the Golden Giraldillo Award this past weekend at the 2009 edition of the Sevilla European Film Festival.

Starring Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Gilette Barbier, the film follows Christine, a woman in a wheelchair who travels to Lourdes in an attempt to escape her isolation.

Meanwhile, Urszula Antoniak's "Nothing Personal" picked up the Silver Giraldillo. The Special Jury Award went to Malcolm Vevnville's "44 inch chest." "Garbo, the Spy" won in the documentary category.

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