The Zurich Film Festival will bestow its prestigious Golden Eye Award upon actress Naomi Watts in recognition of her performance in “The Housewife,” directed by Ben Shirinian. Watts will travel to Switzerland to present the film and accept the honor on September 26, during which she will also participate in a ZFF Masters session to discuss her career trajectory.
In the film, set during the 1960s in New York, Watts portrays a sophisticated and cryptic woman whose carefully maintained composure unravels following a New York Times journalist’s investigation into her husband’s suspected Nazi connections. Festival leadership praised Watts as one of cinema’s most compelling performers, noting her distinctive ability to convey tension between surface elegance and concealed depths.
Watts, a two-time Academy Award nominee, expressed enthusiasm about receiving the award. Festival CEO Christian Jungen highlighted her career spanning from her breakthrough role in David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive,” describing her performance in this latest project as among her finest work. The recognition underscores both her artistic contributions and the film’s exploration of investigative journalism’s crucial role in exposing historical wrongs.
Originally reported by Variety →
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