Capotondi thriller to close Venice fest

(ANSA) - Rome, July 22 - Giuseppe Capotondi's thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy will close the 76th Venice Film Festival (August 28-September 7), organisers said Monday.
    The film will be out of competition, they said.
    The worlds of art and crime meet in the 'neo-noir' tale set in today's Italy and directed by the maker of Corinaldo, they said.
    It will get its world premiere in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido di Venezia on September 7, after the awards ceremony.
    The Biannale Film site described Capotondi's new work as "elegant and erotic" starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland.
    Set in present day Italy, irresistibly charismatic art critic James Figueras (Bang) hooks up with provocative and alluring fellow American, Berenice Hollis (Debicki). He's a classic anti-hero in the making with a charm that masks his ambition, whilst she's an innocent touring Europe, enjoying the freedom of being whoever she wishes. The new lovers travel to the lavish and opulent Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Cassidy (Jagger). Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney (Sutherland), the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist's studio, whatever the cost. As the couple spend time with the legendary Debney, they start to realise that nothing about the artist nor their mission is what it seems. But James is a man of deep, lurking ambition and he will do anything, from arson and burglary to murder, in order to further his career? Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, The Burnt Orange Heresy is produced by David Zander, David Lancaster, William Horberg.
    Executive producers include Sienna Aquilini and Peter Touche.
    Screenplay by Scott B. Smith, from the novel by Charles Willeford. Director of Photography David Ungaro. International Sales: HanWay Films. Domestic Sales: UTA/CAA.