MOVIES - Sept. 18, 1989

For the second straight year, the international jury at the 1989 Venice Film Festival divided the prizes for best performances between two actors and two actresses. Italians Marcello Mastroianni and Massimo Troisi, who appeared in Ettore Scola’s “What Time Is It?,” shared the award for best actor. Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Geraldine James of Britain shared the best-actress prize for their roles in Peter Hall’s “She’s Been Away.” The Golden Lion Award as best movie went to “Beiquing Chengshi” (Painful City), a film by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsian. The Silver Lion award was shared by “Recordacoes Da Casa Amarela” (Memories of the Yellow House) by Portuguese director Joao Cesar Monteiro and “Sen No Rikyu” (Death of a Tea Master) by Japanese director Kei Kumai. The special jury’s Grand Prize went to “Et La Lumiere Fut” (And Then There Was Light) by Soviet director Otar Ioseliani. Twenty-three films from 21 countries entered the competition.