John Lloyd Cruz wins best actor award at 76th Locarno fest in Switzerland

By marinel Cruz Inquirer.net

JOHN Lloyd Cruz bagged the Boccalino d’Oro prize (Golden Jug Award) for best actor for his performance in Lav Diaz’s “Essential Truth of the Lake” on Friday afternoon, August 11 at the 76th Locarno Film Festival (LFF) in Switzerland.

Cruz is the second Filipino actor to have received such an award, after Hazel Orencio was proclaimed best actress in 2014 for another Diaz masterpiece, “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon”

(From What is Before) Premio Boccalino d’Oro is an award bestowed by the Independent Critics Jury. “We were surprised with the news that he was given this particular award this year,” Diaz told Inquirer Entertainment via email