PARIS, Oct 16 (AFP) - The Romanian film "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu", depicting the fate of an elderly man living alone, on Sunday won top prize at the film festival of Essonne near Paris.
Directed by Cristi Puiu, it follows the struggle of an isolated 63 year-old man, who suddenly takes ill one evening and calls an ambulance, while desperately trying to hang on till help comes.
The film came first against competition from eleven other full-length movies in this annual festival of European cinema.
It also took the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes this year.
Reported Sunday, 16 October 2005 in The Tocqueville Connection.
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