Rada Rassimov returns to Tabernas 60 years after filming The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Sixty years after Sergio Leone filmed her in the Tabernas desert for "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," Italian actress Rada Rassimov returned to the small town for the 16th Almería Western Film Festival. The award-winning actress received the festival's highest honor, the Tabernas de Cine award, at the opening gala on Thursday. Her emotional acceptance speech paid tribute to her late colleagues, expressing how she could still feel their presence in the place where they had worked together.

Following the gala, the theatre hosted a 60th anniversary screening of the iconic film, with Sir Christopher Frayling, a British historian and Leone biographer, introducing the event. The festival also honored producer Enrique Cerezo for his efforts in preserving spaghetti westerns through his Mercury Films catalogue. The festival continues through Monday, with notable events including the posthumous Leone in Memoriam award for Eli Wallach and a roundtable discussion on the film's legacy.