During its plenary session on 23 November, the European Parliament awarded the Lux Prize to the German, Austrian and Romanian film coproduction, “Toni Erdmann”. The other two films shortlisted were “As I open my eyes” by Leyla Bouzid and “My life as a courgette” by Claude Barras.
The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, explained that the winning film, “describes the difficult, tender and sometimes absurd relationship between a young woman living as an...