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Penelope Cruz, Maggie Gyllenhaal winbig at the VeniceFilm Festival

Hollywood stars Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal became big winners at the closing ceremony of the 78th Venice Film Festival, with Audrey Diwan taking home the top prize for her abortion drama, L'Evenement (Happening).

Gyllenhaal picked up the Best Screenplay prize for The Lost Daughter, her debut as a writer-director, while Jane Campion became the second woman to receive the Silver Lion for Best Director since the award was introduced in 1990. Cruz