The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton wins top Golden Lion prize at Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival gives the Golden Lion Award to The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

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The feature film starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore took the prestigious Golden Lion award on Saturday.

Earlier in the week, the Pedro Almodovar-directed film received an 18-minute standing ovation after it premiered at the festival - one of the longest in recent memory.

Accepting the award, 74-year-old Spanish director told the audience: "I believe that saying goodbye to this world cleanly and with dignity is a fundamental right of every human being."

The film sees Swinton play a war correspondent suffering from terminal cancer. She asks her old friend, played by Moore, to be at her side as she takes her own life.

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