Firth Triumphs At Venice Film Festival

14 September 2009

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Colin Firth has been named Best Actor at this year's (09) Venice Film Festival.

The Brit star was honoured on Saturday (12Sep09) for his portrayal of amourning professor in A Single Man.

Firth gave his speech in Italian, telling the assembled audience the award was "possibly the greatest honour of my life".

possibly the greatest honour of my life

Israeli war film Lebanon, which is shot almost entirely inside an Israeli tank, was handed the prestigious Golden Lion award.

The best director honour went to Iranian-born Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men.

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