The French documentary On the Adamant (Sur l’Adamant) directed by Nicolas Philibert was named best film Saturday at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
The film takes viewers onto a Seine barge in Paris that serves as a floating day care center for adults suffering from mental disorders.
“That a documentary is awarded and celebrated, that a documentary can be considered to be cinema in its own right touches me deeply,” said a visibly moved Philibert after the prize was announced by the seven-member jury headed by American actor, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart.
Philibert said that in the film he had tried details ⇒
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