Jean-Pierre Denis has won the Silver Ombú for Best Director and Julie-Marie Parmentier, the Silver Ombú for Best Actress. (03/26/01)
Argentina's Mar del Plata International Film Festival, held from March 8 through 17, has just closed, with France picking up three awards. As well as Jean-Pierre Denis and Marie-Julie Parmentier, honored for the film "Murderous Maids", "Modern Comforts" by Dominique Choisy took home the FIPRESCI Jury Prize, awarded by the International Film Critics' Association.