"Joker", Venice Film Festival 2019 champion

I think I need some time to think about this win before I can comment...! I'm shocked Todd Philips took home one of the most prestigious prizes in cinema for a DC Comics movie. I considered Joaquin Phoenix as a potential winner of the Volpi Cup for Best Actor (it would to be his 2nd Volpi Cup, something rare!). I thought Roman Polanski's J'accuse (An Officar and a Spy) would win the top prize (which would be scandalous for international press), but I'm still so surprised about Joker win that I totally ignored Polanski's latest has just won the Grand Jury Prize - which would be declared "scandalous" by the press, but everybody's attentions are on the Golden Lion!