The opening, on August 30th, of the 80th Venice Film Festival (within La Biennale di Venezia,directed by Alberto Barbera) will be hosted by actress Caterina Murino. This being one of the world’s most important festivals in the film industry, there are guaranteed movies of excellence competing for the Golden Lion. Here is the list of the contenders:
COMANDANTE (COMMANDER) โ OPENING FILM by EDOARDO DE ANGELIS, with Pierfrancesco Favino, Massimiliano Rossi, Johan Heldenbergh, Arturo Muselli, Giuseppe Brunetti, Gianluca Di Gennaro, Johannes Wirix, Silvia DโAmico, Paolo Bonacelli / Italy / 155โ
BASTARDEN (THE PROMISED LAND) by NIKOLAJ ARCEL, with Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh / Denmark, Germany, Sweden / 127โ
DOGMAN by LUC BESSON, with Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick, Grace Palma / France / 114โ
LA BรTE (THE BEAST) by BERTRAND BONELLO, with Lรฉa Seydoux, George MacKay / France, Canada / 146โ
HORS-SAISON (OUT OF SEASON) by STรPHANE BRIZร, with Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher / France / 115โ
ENEA by PIETRO CASTELLITTO, with Pietro Castellitto, Giorgio Quarzo Guarascio, Benedetta Porcaroli, Chiara Noschese, Giorgio Montanini, Adamo Dionisi, Matteo Branciamore, Cesare Castellitto, Sergio Castellitto / Italy / 115โ
MAESTRO by BRADLEY COOPER, with Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor / USA / 129โ
PRISCILLA by SOFIA COPPOLA, with Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Dominczyk / USA, Italy / 110โ
FINALMENTE LโALBA by SAVERIO COSTANZO, with Lily James, Rebecca Antonaci, Joe Keery, Rachel Sennott, Alba Rohrwacher, Willem Dafoe / Italy / 140โ
LUBO by GIORGIO BYRITTI, with Franz Rogowsky, Christophe Sermet, Valentina Bellรจ, Noemi Besedes, Cecilia Steiner, Joel Basman, Filippo Giulini, Alessandro Zappella / Italy, Switzerland / 175โ
ORIGIN by AVA DUVERNAY, with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Niecy Nash-Betts, Audra McDonald, Nick Offerman, Connie Nielsen / USA / โ135
THE KILLER by DAVID FINCHER, with Michael Fassbender, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Gabriel Polanco, Kerry OโMalley, Emiliano Pernรญa, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, Tilda Swinton / USA / 113โ
MEMORY by MICHEL FRANCO, with Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Brooke Timber, Merritt Wever, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Josh Charles / Mexico, USA / 100โ
IO CAPITANO (ME CAPTAIN) by MATTEO GARRONE, with Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall / Italy, Belgium / 121โ
AKU WA SONZAI SHINAI (EVIL DOES NOT EXIST) by RYรSUKE HAMAGUCHI, with Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani / Japan / 106โ
ZIELONA GRANICA (THE GREEN BORDER) by AGNIESZKA HOLLAND, with Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Wลosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous / Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium / 147โ
DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM by TIMM KRรGER, with Jan Bรผlow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss, David Bennent, Philippe Graber / Germany, Austria, Switzerland / 118โ
POOR THINGS by YORGOS LANTHIMOS, with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, Suzy Bemba, Jerrod Carmichael, Kathryn Hunter, Vicki Pepperdine, Margaret Qualley, Hanna Schygulla / UK / 141โ
EL CONDE by PABLO LARRAรN, with Jaime Vadell, Gloria Mรผnchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger / Chile / 110โ
FERRARI by MICHAEL MANN, with Adam Driver, Penรฉlope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Jack OโConnell, Patrick Dempsey / USA / 130โ
ADAGIO by STEFANO SOLLIMA, with Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Adriano Giannini, Gianmarco Franchini, Francesco Di Leva, Lorenzo Adorni, Silvia Salvatori / Italy / 127โ
KOBIETA Zโฆ (WOMAN OF) by MAลGORZATA SZUMOWSKA, MICHAล ENGLERT, with Maลgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Bogumila Bajor, Mateusz Wieclawek / Poland, Sweden / 132โ
HOLLY by FIEN TROCH, with Cathalina Geraerts, Felix Heremans, Greet Verstraete, Serdi Faki Alici, Els Deceukelier / Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France / 102โ
