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Isabella Rossellini Accepts the Same Film Honor Her Father Won Decades Before Her
['Rachel King']
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Isabella Rossellini received one of the film world’s most prestigious honorary awards on Wednesday, which she accepted before a crowd of 8,000 people at the opening night ceremony of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
The honor carried particular personal weight: Isabella’s father, the Italian director Roberto Rossellini, received the same award at Locarno in 1948 for his film Germany, Year Zero.
“Being on a par with my father and big brother fills me with emotion,” Isabella told the crowd.
Pictorial Parade // Getty Images Roberto Rossellini (center) behind the camera with Isabella (top right) on set of the film Blaise Pascal in 1971.
The 79th Locarno Film Festival runs through August 15.