1997 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Winner
Fireworks
Takeshi Kitano
Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.
1997 Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion – Best Film Nominees
Blinded
Daniel Calparsoro
Chinese Box
Wayne Wang
Dry Cleaning
Anne Fontaine
Hardboiled Egg
Paolo Virzì
Keep Cool
Yimou Zhang
Love Stories
Jerzy Stuhr
Niagara, Niagara
Bob Gosse
One Night Stand
Mike Figgis
Ossos
Pedro Costa
Round the Moons Between Earth and Sea
Giuseppe M. Gaudino
Seventh Heaven
Benoît Jacquot
The Informant
Jim McBride
The Oyster and the Wind
Walter Lima Jr.
The Thief
Pavel Chukhray
The Vesuvians
Pappi Corsicato
The Winter Guest
Alan Rickman
