For his intuitive camerawork, both realistic and poetic, studying the characters with tenderness in an environment unknown to most of us - by sensitively lighting them he provides us with deep insight into their psychology and emotions.
For portraying a culture usually depicted in stereotypical terms, with subtlety, sympathy and sensuality and employing a style that is intimate, but not intrusive.
The jury members had never seen a film quite like this, with such a deep look at a culture so sophisticated yet so different from ours. The film has the merit of making us identify with it.
