Asia Argento will be awarded a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5-15.
Argento will receive the award on the festival’s Piazza Grande stage on August 13. She will also present her latest title, Jorge Thielen Armand’s La Muerte No Tiene Dueño (Death Has No Master), which debuted in Directors Fortnight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Giona A. Nazzaro, Locarno’s Artistic Director, described Argento as “an artist who has always managed to reimagine what it means to make films, constantly challenging herself and taking personal risks.”
“Driven by a
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