“Cold War,” Pawel Pawlikowski’s black-and-white romance set in the 1950s, scooped the prizes for best film, director and screenplay at the 31st edition of the European Film Awards on Saturday.“Cold War” star Joanna Kulig also won the award for best actress.
Marcello Fonte, the star of Matteo Garrone’s “Dogman,” won for best actor.Armando Iannucci’s political satire “The Death of Stalin” won for best European comedy.
Adapted from the French graphic novel by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin, “The Death of Stalin” is a comic look at how Joseph Stalin’s stroke in 1953 threw the U.S.S.R.
into chaos and inspired a mad power grab among his top advisors.“This is very brave of you.
This movie was banned in Russia,” Iannucci said upon picking up his award onstage.
The British writer-director added that he loved Europe and made a joke about Brexit.Lukas Dhont’s “Girl,
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