“It is said that festivals are windows open to the world and perhaps it is an image that is abused, but it is true that from that window we witness things that we do not like,” Barbera said at a press conference, presenting the list of films in competition for the Golden Lion. The director of “Amores perro”, the Mexican Alejandro González Iñárritu, will present the comedy “Bardo (or false chronicle of a few truths)”, performed by Daniel Giménez Cacho and the Argentine Griselda Siciliani . Barbera, who has denounced the arrest of important filmmakers in Iran, also invited Jafar Panahi for the official selection, who is serving a six-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the Iranian regime”, for which he will participate “in absentia”. The filmmaker competes with “Kherst Nist” (“Bears don’t exist”). “This is the fourth film he has made in, let’s say, clandestine conditions,” said Barbera, referring to one of the representatives of the so-called new Iranian wave, awarded and praised numerous times in Europe.
other competitors
France will be represented with “The Children of Others” by Rebecca Zlotowski, with Virginie Efira; “A Couple” by Frederick Wiseman; “Les miens (Mine)”, a family portrait by Roschdy Zem; Romain Gavras’ “Athena” about a riot in the suburbs; and “Saint Omer” by Alice Diop, debut film about infanticide. Italy will compete with five films: “The Immensity” by Emanuele Crialese, starring Penélope Cruz; “The Lord of the Ants”, by Gianni Amelio, with Luigi Lo Cascio and Sara Serraiocco; “Bones and all” by Luca Guadagnino, with an international cast led by Timothee Chalamet; “Clara” by Susanna Nicchiarelli, about the life of Santa Clara, and “Monica”, by Andrea Pallaoro, starring trans actress Trace Lysette. Out of competition, Paolo Virzi presents ‘Drought’ with Monica Bellucci in the cast. Figures such as Penélope Cruz, star of Crialese’s film, and Cate Blanchett, who plays an orchestra conductor in Todd Field’s “Tár”, are expected on the red carpet. There will also be Timothée Chalamet, Sadie Sink, Adam Driver, Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles, Ana de Armas, Hugh Jackman, Christoph Waltz and Sigourney Weaver.
The festival marks the return of Darren Aronofsky (“Pi”) with “The whale” (“The whale”), which is inspired by a play. The arrival of the British Tilda Swinton is expected for the film “The Eternal Daughter” by Joanna Hogg, while Colin Farrell will be the protagonist of “The Banshees of Inisherin” by Martin McDonagh. “Blonde” by Andew Dominik, the Netflix production that tells the story of Marilyn Monroe, starring Ana de Armas, in the title role, will be one of the festival’s highlights. The film was rated unsuitable for children under 17 due to its erotic scenes, and it will be the first of those characteristics that Netflix uploads to its platform. The festival will open with “White noise” by Noah Baumbach, based on the novel by American writer Don DeLillo, and is also a Netflix production.
The jury will be chaired by Julianne Moore and, among its members, is the Argentine Mariano Cohn. Laura Citarella from Argentina and Fernando Guzzoni from Chile will compete in the Horizontes section. Under the title “Travels”, the Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi will show Pope Francis’ missions abroad with archive images, including the trip he is making to Canada to apologize to the indigenous people. Venice will award the Leon to the trajectory to Catherine Deneuve, “the eternal diva, a true icon of the big screen”, as Barbera described her.
Source: Ambito
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