ANG LEE’S steamy espionage thriller Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival while Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett took the acting honours.

Ang Lee’s steamy espionage thriller Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival while Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett took the acting honours.

DIRECTOR Brian De Palma stunned the Venice Film Festival yesterday with his harrowing new film about the horrors of the Iraq war.