<p class="title">"Vitalina Varela', Portuguese director Pedro Costa's dark portrayal of a Cape Verde woman who flies to Lisbon to bury her husband, scooped the top prize at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film tells the story of the middle-aged widow Vitalina, who arrives in the Portuguese capital days after the death of the man who left her to seek work in Europe a quarter of a century earlier.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film carries the name of its star, who was also named Best Actress for her powerful performance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Now in its 72nd year, the Locarno festival takes place every summer in the picturesque Swiss town on the shores of Lake Maggiore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The runner-up Special Jury Prize this year went to South Korean director Park Jung-bum's "Height of the Wave", while French director Damien Manivel snapped up the Best Director award for his film "Isadora's Children".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Regis Myrupu meanwhile won the award for Best Actor for his role in Brazilian film-maker Maya Da-Rin's "The Fever".</p>
<p class="title">"Vitalina Varela', Portuguese director Pedro Costa's dark portrayal of a Cape Verde woman who flies to Lisbon to bury her husband, scooped the top prize at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film tells the story of the middle-aged widow Vitalina, who arrives in the Portuguese capital days after the death of the man who left her to seek work in Europe a quarter of a century earlier.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film carries the name of its star, who was also named Best Actress for her powerful performance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Now in its 72nd year, the Locarno festival takes place every summer in the picturesque Swiss town on the shores of Lake Maggiore.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The runner-up Special Jury Prize this year went to South Korean director Park Jung-bum's "Height of the Wave", while French director Damien Manivel snapped up the Best Director award for his film "Isadora's Children".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Regis Myrupu meanwhile won the award for Best Actor for his role in Brazilian film-maker Maya Da-Rin's "The Fever".</p>