{"id":17068,"date":"2019-10-01T16:35:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T23:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=17068"},"modified":"2019-10-24T19:53:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T02:53:26","slug":"viola-davis-honored-rome-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2019\/10\/01\/viola-davis-honored-rome-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Viola Davis To Be Honored At Rome Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Viola Davis<\/strong> will get a lifetime achievement award at this year&#8217;s <strong>Rome Film Festival <\/strong>(October 17-27).<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar, Emmy and Tony-winning American actress will go to the celebration to get her prize and take part in a &#8216;\u2018Close Encounter\u2019 in front of an audience discussion, in which she will talk about her work crosswise over film, theater and TV.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cViola Davis is an extraordinary actress<\/strong>, who has transformed sincerity and dignity into sublime thespian art. It is a great honour for me, and for the Rome Film Fest, to celebrate her formidable talent and deep humanity,\u201d said <strong>Antonio Monda, Rome\u2019s artistic director.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"amzn-assoc-ad-31b1ecc5-3cde-41ba-ad20-218c6e048469\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US&#038;adInstanceId=31b1ecc5-3cde-41ba-ad20-218c6e048469\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rome will pass out two lifetime accomplishment awards this year, with <strong>Bill Murray<\/strong> recently reported as the beneficiary of the other; <strong>Wes Anderson<\/strong> will be on-hand to introduce Murray&#8217;s honor.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration additionally reported it will close with the world debut of Tornare, from <strong>movie producer Cristina Comencini<\/strong>, whose 2005 show Don&#8217;t Tell was Oscar nominated. The film follows a forty-year-old woman who returns from America after a lengthy absence when her father dies. It was produced by Lumi\u00e8re &amp; Co. with Rai Cinema, and will be distributed in Italy by Vision Distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viola Davis will get a lifetime achievement award at this year&#8217;s Rome Film Festival (October 17-27). 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