His first movie as director was Slow Down ( 1967 ) which won him the Silver Lion Award at the 1969 Venice Film Festival .
Down ( 1967 ) is an adaptation of a short story by Simone de Beauvoir .
His first movie as director was Slow Down ( 1967 ) , an adaptation of a short story by Simone de Beauvoir , which won him the Silver Lion Award at the 1969 Venice Film Festival .