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The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone. The Volpi Cup for best actor went to Peter Sarsgaard for his performance as a man living with dementia in "Memory", playing alongside Jessica Chastain. "Io Capitano", the epic story of Senegalese teenagers crossing Africa to reach Europe, had the best newcomer prize for its star, Seydou Sarr, in his first-ever film. "Green Border" by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, a harrowing account of refugees trapped between Belarus and Poland, took the third-place Special Jury Prize. IMAGES