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Monday September 15, 2008

Immigration drama THE VISITOR has been named the top film at this year’s (08) Deauville American Film Festival in France.

The arthouse movie, starring Richard Jenkins as a downtrodden widower who befriends an illegal immigrant couple in New York, claimed the event’s Best Film award on Sunday (14Sep08).

The runner-up Jury Prize went to Lance Hammer’s drama Ballast, while pedophile drama Gardens of The Night won the International Critics Award.