Berlin’s Golden Bear sweet as honey

22/02/10 18:27 CET

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Turkish film “Honey” was the surprise winner of this years Golden Bear award in Berlin. Critics praised the powerful simplicity of the film about six year old Yusuf, who wanders into the woods to find his beloved father. The Silver Bear went to Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” while Russian film “How I ended this summer” was awarded bronze.

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