'We Need to Talk About Kevin' takes London prize

LONDON (AP) — The beautiful, terrifying domestic drama "We Need to Talk About Kevin" has won the London Film Festival's best-picture prize.

Lynne Ramsay's film stars Tilda Swinton as a mother grappling with grief and guilt after her teenage son carries out a high-school massacre.

"Shakespeare in Love" director John Madden, who chaired the judging panel, on Wednesday called it "a sublime, uncompromising tale of the torment that can stand in the place of love."

The 55-year-old London festival introduced a best-film prize two years ago as part of a bid to boost its profile and compete with better-known events in Berlin, Venice and Toronto.

"Kevin" beat eight other …