(by Francesco Gallo)
The first Italian film to be
screened at the Venice Film Festival will on September 5 be
Piero Messina's 'L'ATTESA', followed the next day by 'A BIGGER
SPLASH' by Luca Guadagnino and 'SANGUE DEL MIO SANGUE' by Marco
Bellocchio on September 8.
'PER AMOR VOSTRO' on September 11 will be the last of the
four Italian films in the running for the Golden Lion at the
72nd edition of the international film festival, September 2-12.
On Wednesday, September 2 the jury under Alfonso Cuaron
will be presented.
The below is a list of films not to be missed.
The festival starts out with 'EVEREST' (3D) by Baltasar
Kormákur, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin,
John Hawkes and Emily Watson but not in the running for the top
prize.
September 3: Sue Brooks' 'LOOKING FOR GRACE' and SPOTLIGHT
by Thomas McCarthy with Mark Ruffalo and Stanley Tucci, followed
by 'BEASTS OF NO NATION' by Cary Fukunaga. Italy's 'ITALIAN
GANGSTER' by Renato De Maria (Orizzonti) will also be screened.
September 4: 'IN JACKSON HEIGHTS' a documentary by
Frederick Wiseman on the New York district that goes by the same
name, 'FRANCOFONIA by Aleksandr Sokurov; 'BLACK MASS' by Scott
Cooper, starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton and Dakota Johnson;
and MARGUERITE by Xavier Giannoli, starring Catherine Frot.
September 5: 'L'ATTESA' by Piero Messina, starring Juliette
Binoche; 'THE DANISH GIRL' by Tom Hooper, with Eddie Redmayne,
Alicia Vikander and Amber Heard; 'EQUALS' by Drake Doremus with
Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult; 'THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER'
by Brady Corbet with Bérénice Bejo and Robert Pattinson; and
'KRIGEN (A WAR)' by Tobias Lindholm.
September 6: 'JANIS' by Amy Berg; 'L'HERMINE' by Christian
Vincent with Fabrice Luchini and Sidse Babett Knudsen; 'A BIGGER
SPLASH' by Luca Guadagnino with Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes,
Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts and Corrado Guzzanti; 'EL
CLAN' by Pablo Trapero; 'PECORE IN ERBA' by Alberto Caviglia;
'MAN DOWN' by Dito Montiel with Shia LaBeouf and Kate Mara.
September 7: 'THE AUDITION' by Martin Scorsese; 'THE
ENDLESS RIVER' by Oliver Hermanus with Nicolas Duvauchelle;
'RABIN, THE LAST DAY' by Amos Gitai and 'NON ESSERE CATTIVO', a
posthumous film by Claudio Caligari.
September 8: 'LA VITA E NIENTE ALTRO'(1989) by Bertrand
Tavernier followed by a Career Achievement Golden Lion ceremony
for Tavernier. There will also be the animation film 'ANOMALISA'
by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson; 'SANGUE DEL MIO SANGUE' by
Marco Bellocchio with Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
and Alba Rohrwacher; and 'BLUKA (FRENZY)' by Emin Alper.
September 9: L'ESERCITO PIÙ PICCOLO DEL MONDO, a
documentary by Gianfranco Pannone; HEART OF A DOG by Laurie
Anderson; 11 MINUTES by Jerzy Skolimowski; the documentary DE
PALMA by Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow.
September 10: GLI UOMINI DI QUESTA CITTÀ IO NON LI CONOSCO
- VITA E TEATRO DI FRANCO SCALDATI, a documentary by Franco
Maresco; DESDE ALLµ (FROM AFAR) by Lorenzo Vigas; REMEMBER by
Atom Egoyan with Martin Landau; LA CALLE DE LA AMARGURA by
Arturo Ripstein; and TAJ MAHAL by Nicolas Saada with Stacy
Martin.
September 11 : I RICORDI DEL FIUME (documentary) by
Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio; BEHEMOTH by Zhao Liang; PER
AMOR VOSTRO by Giuseppe M. Gaudino with Valeria Golino; GO WITH
ME by Daniel Alfredson, starring Anthony Hopkins; an event with
Vacso Rossi and IL DECALOGO DI VASCO by Fabio Masi.
September 12: the closing film, China's 'LAO PAO ER (MR
SIX)' by Guan Hu, and the awards ceremony.
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