Carole Bouquet wins best actress award at Stockholm International Film Festival

Argentinian director Juan Solanas won the top prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival for "Nordeste" ("Northeast"), organizers said Saturday - reports Mercury News.

The film, which explores the underworld of child trafficking, poverty and social injustice, received the 16th annual Bronze Horse award.

Carole Bouquet plays Helene, a rich Parisian woman determined to adopt a baby. She heads to Argentina where she meets Juana, played by Aymara Rovera, a poor woman struggling to make ends meet.

Bouquet, who played James Bond girl Melina Havelock in 1981's "For Your Eyes Only", and Rovera shared the best actress award for the film.

"Nordeste" competed against 17 other films, including American director Miranda July's "Me and You and Everyone We Know," which won the best first film award, and American Mike Mills' "Thumbsucker," starring Vincent D'Onofrio, winner of the best actor award.

Annie Griffin won best script for "Festival," a black comedy that takes place at the Edinburgh Film Festival, and Taika Waititi's "Sons of Tu: The God of War" took home top honors for best short film.

The festival, which ends Sunday, showcased 160 films from nearly 40 countries.

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