A comeback from the start of the school year for international cinema, the Venice Mostra welcomes from Wednesday a myriad of stars and a solid selection of films with the sometimes very political tone.
Competition side
Among the 21 films in the running for the Golden Lion, here are the most anticipated:
- Laugh stomach you kremlinby Olivier Assayas
An adaptation of the bestseller of Giuliano Da Empoli, who narrates the ascent towards the power of Vladimir Putin, from the point of view of one of his closest advisers. Jude Law embodies the strong man of the Kremlin on the screen.
- A House of Dynamite de Kathryn Bigelow
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The director of Deminers had not presented a film since 2017. The one who told the hunt for bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty Hide officials from the White House officials confronted with an imminent threat of nuclear attack.
- The Smashing Machineby Benny Safdie
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson interprets an MMA fighter struggling with his addictions, a “Oscar role” tailor -made for the former wrestler who has become Hollywood Star.
- The Voice of Hind Rajabthey Kaouther Ben Hania
This drama reconstitutes the murder of a 6 -year -old Palestinian, killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in January 2024, for one of the most political films of the festival.
- The Testament of Ann Lee, de mona fastvold
A musical film about the fate of Ann Lee, a religious head of a radical sect, the Shakers, located in the United States at 18e century. The film is directed by Mona Fastvold, co -chairman of The Brutalist de Brady Corbet, associated with this project.
- Frankenstein, by Guillermo del Toro
An updated version on a big budget of the myth of the creature of Dr Frankenstein, directed by the Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro, master of the fantastic.
- Jay Kellyde Noah Baumbach
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A comedy co-written by Noah Baumbach and his wife Greta Gerwig, with the Méga Star George Clooney at the top of the mega, who embodies an actor in the midst of an existential crisis.
- Bugoniaof Yorgos Lanthimos
The new collaboration between the Greek director and Emma Stone, who allowed the actress to win an Oscar for Poor creaturesGolden Lion in Venice in 2023.
- No Other Choicefrom Park Chan-Wook
The South Korean director returns to Venice with a thriller adapted from the novel The cleaverfrom Donald Westlake, already staged by Costa-Gavras in 2005.
- Foreignerby François Ozon
An ambitious adaptation of the novel by Albert Camus, one of the most translated French books and sold in the world, shot in black and white, with neighboring Benjamin in the main role.
The Taiwanese superstar Shu qi, seen in the films of Hou Hsiao-Hsien, presents her first film as a director, a story of women on several generations.
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Documentary side
German director Werner Herzog will present his latest film, Ghost Elephantsin the footsteps of a herd of ghost elephants in the Jungles of Angola. At 82, the one who alternates between fiction films and documentaries will receive a golden lion for his entire career during the opening ceremony.
The portrait of journalist Seymour Hersh, which is the source of revelations of numerous scandals spanning the American army, is also eagerly awaited. Laura Poitras, awarded in 2022 in Venice for her documentary on the campaign of photographer Nan Goldin against the opioid industry, is behind the camera.
Sofia Coppola will present a documentary on her friend the fashion designer Marc Jacobs, while the director Mike Figgis will show behind the scenes of Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, for which he invested $ 120 million in his pocket. Presented in Cannes in 2024, the film deeply divided, some seeing it as a “modern masterpie” or a “disaster”.
Finally, on the music side, a documentary will focus on the life and work of singer Marianne Faithfull, disappeared in January.