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June 26, 2000
ROME (AP) - A Chilean-born man's story about the abduction and torture of a young woman during Argentine military rule of the 1970s has been chosen best film by the foreign press based in Italy.
This year's Globo d'Oro (Golden Globe) award went Saturday night to Marco Bechis' "Garage Olimpo," which was also honored for best screenplay and best supporting actress, Antonella Costa, who played the role of an abducted teacher.
"What happened in Argentina 20 years ago is unfortunately still happening today in so many other places on earth," Bechis said at the awards ceremony in Cinecitta, the film studio on the outskirts of Rome.
Leo Gullotta, selected as best actor for his role in "Un uomo per bene," (A decent man), dedicated his award to people fighting for human and civil rights. The film, about a man accused of drug trafficking, deals with Italy's penal system in the early 1980's.
The Foreign Press Association, which only judged Italian works, also gave out career awards, including one to director Bernardo Bertolucci.
"I always thought that my films had something personal about them -- maybe too much." Bertolucci said, whose movies include "The Conformist," "The Last Emperor" and "Last Tango in Paris." "This globe makes me think that in that personal there was also the global."
Among others honored were veteran Italian film stars Alberto Sordi and Monica Vitti.
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