Joan Chen: A winning film should transform viewers
The film which makes Chinese-American actress Joan Chen feel "a bit different" when she walks out of a theater is the one that she will vote for at the ongoing Venice film festival, where she is a member of the international jury this year.
The journalists and cinema experts watching the premieres at the festival are eager to know what elements most fascinate the members of the jury. At stake in their difficult task: the Golden Lion, the highest prize given to a film in Venice.
The 71st Venice film festival has a motley jury including the jury president French musician Alexandre Desplat, famous for the soundtracks of important movies, and English costume designer Sandy Powell. Jhumpa Lahiri, a US author of Indian origin, and English actor Tim Roth are also in the nine-member group.
