tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656728997900965986.post-78981496826608697292008-09-07T07:03:00.010-04:002008-09-08T08:31:30.814-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/screening.room/blog/uploaded_images/art.wrestler.blog-795252.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://www.cnn.com/CNNI/Programs/screening.room/blog/uploaded_images/art.wrestler.blog-795233.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>LONDON, England --</strong> After mixed reviews for 2006's "The Fountain," which had its world premiere at Venice (several critics booed the film at the press screening but it received a 10-minute standing ovation at the public screening the next night), Darren Aronofsky has finally <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/09/07/mickey.rourke.film.venice.ap">scored the Lido's top prize</a> with his latest film "The Wrestler," starring Mickey Rourke (pictured), Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.<br /><br />This win and the film's storyline, which is more conventional than earlier films like "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream," should propel Aronofsky into a more commercial global market -- and, of course, put the film into Oscars contention.<br /><br />The Silver Lion for Best Direction went to Russia's Aleksei German Jr for "Paper Soldier," the story of a doctor working with the first Soviet cosmonauts; Best Actor went to Silvio Orlando for his portrayal of the father of a young girl who commits murder in Pupi Avati's "Il Papa di Giovanna"; and Best Actress went to Dominique Blanc as a woman who can't cope with her independence in "L'Autre."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4656728997900965986-7898149682660869729?l=www.cnn.com%2FCNNI%2FPrograms%2Fscreening.room%2Fblog' alt='' /></div>Screening Room producernoreply@blogger.com0