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'Bull' Wins Top Prize at Deauville

Agence France-Presse

   DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - The American Film Festival in Deauville, France,
   awarded its top prize to Annie Silverstein'sBull, jury president
   Catherine Deneuve announced Saturday.
   Silverstein's first full-length feature, which was also selected for
   the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes film festival in May, was
   awarded Deauville's Grand Prize, as well as the festival's Critics
   Award and the Louis Roederer Foundation Revelation Prize.
   The film "paints an extremely fair and disturbing picture of Donald
   Trump's America, America abandoned by its policies whether in school or
   in health," said actress AnnaMouglalis, head of the Revelation jury.
   Bulltells the story of 14-year-old Kris from Houston, Texas, who after
   trashing her neighbor's house in a fit of youthful defiance seems
   destined to follow in her mother's footsteps to the state penitentiary.
   To make amends, Kris is forced to help Abe Turner, an ex-bull rider
   scraping by on the Texas rodeo circuit, with errands at home and at his
   work. While traveling with Abe, she discovers a passion for bull
   riding. Yet, bad influences back home lure her back into delinquent
   ways.
   Gerard Lefort, head of the Critics Award jury, described the film as a
   "captivating story with a staggeringly mature performance by actress
   AmberHavard, despite her young age."
   In the 45th edition of the Deauville festival, a total of 14 films were
   in competition, including nine first films and six directed by women,
   Deneuve said.
   Two other films--Michael Angelo Covino'sThe Climband Robert
   Eggers'TheLighthouse--were also awarded jury prizes.

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