We are just a few months away from the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival International Film Festival, the oldest and one Largest and most important film festival In this world.
Kermes, which has always been a celebration of the seventh art, will officially return at the end of August this year Scheduled from August 30 to September 9directed by – once again – with Alberto Barbera and chairman of the jury dear american filmmaker Damien Chazelle ,La la Land, first man, babylon,
Although We don’t have an official schedule yet of this edition, which is announced by uLast week July’sHowever, we can speculate and make some hypotheses about the movies we could see on the Lido in autumn.
Below are some of the movies we hope will make their debut on the Italian Lido.
1. Poor creature! (Poor Things) – Yorgos Lanthimos is among the films we can see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
the title is almost fixed Poor creature!, the new film by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Rémy Youssef, Jarrod Carmichael and Margaret Qualley. The film, which was to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival, is based on the novel The life and secrets of England’s first female doctor Of Alasdair Grey, Released in 1992. For Lanthimos it could be a return to the lagoon after presentation Favorite In 2018.
The story follows Bella Baxter (Stone), a young girl revived with medicine by Dr. Godwin Baxter (Defoe), who decides to explore the world in her own way, discovering its full potential, with embarks on a surreal and crazy journey. Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo).
This movie will be released in Italian cinemas next October 12,
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2. challengers Luca Guadagnino
This is one of the titles that various magazines of the region give for sure to come in this 80th edition of Venice Film Festival challengersNew film by Luca Guadagnino, The film’s appearance at the festival will represent the Sicilian director’s return to the Lido after last year’s premiere. bones and all (2022), film about cannibalism with Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell.
film, who watches starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Festis described as a romantic comedy focusing on the world of tennis, and follows Tashi (Zendaya), a tennis player-turned-coach, who prepares to train her husband Art for a big match, the Challengers event, against Patrick (O’Connor). (Fist) trains. ), her former lover and childhood friend of her husband.
3. dawn at last – Saverio Costanzo is among the films we can see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
The arrival of Italian director Saverio Costanzo with him is also almost certain. dawn at last, The film, set in Cinecittà during the 1950s, follows a rising actress who arrives in the capital for an audition and finds herself immersed in a night of self-discovery. The cast includes international names including Lily James, Joe Keery, Rachel Sennot and the great Willem Dafoe.
4. priscilla sofia coppola
possibly also scheduled priscillalatest film of famous director sofia coppola, The film – an adaptation of the biographical novel Elvis and Me – follows the story of Priscilla Presley and her love affair with Elvis PresleyIn short, this is a film that is a kind of response to the acclaimed Elvis (2022) by Baz Luhrmann. The protagonists are Kelly Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi (star of the series) Excitement) in those of Elvis.
According to various sources, the director of the festival has not yet seen the film.
5. Ferrari – Michael Mann is among the films we can expect to see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
presence is almost certain in venice Ferrari director Michael Mann, alongside Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz – both of whom are now at home at the event. The film, an adaptation of the novel written by Brock Yates, stars legendary Italian entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari as he prepares for the 1957 Mille Miglia, the edition in which the horse house won first place.
6. Owner – Bradley Cooper
may be able to return to Venice with his second film – in the role of director Bradley Cooper, The title will also represent an assured presence for Netflix, which has always participated in the event in recent years. The film, which has been in the works for a few years already, is a Biopic about legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and sees Carey Mulligan and Maya Hawke in addition to Cooper in the cast.
Also in this case, according to various sources, it is uncertain whether the director of the festival had the opportunity to see the film.
7. i captain – Matteo Garrone is among the films we can see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
Could be another Italian presence Matthew Garron With his new film: i captainwhich narrates the Homeric Odyssey of two young men – from Africa played by Sidou Sarr and Mustafa Fall – who make a long journey from Dakar (Senegal) to reach Europe.
This movie will be released in Italian cinemas next September 7,
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8. Nyad – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
here we are in the field biographical, Film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (director of the documentary Free Solo – Extreme Challenge) And Follows the life of Diana Nyad, a professional swimmer and his relationship with his coach. The cast stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, while the production is handled by Netflix.
9. saltburn – Emerald Fennel is among the films we can see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
One of the most anticipated titles of this year saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s second work (Director of a promising woman , promising girl), which will bring to shore a stellar cast: Barry Keoghan, Rosamund Pike, Elordi, Carey Mulligan and Richard E. Grant.
The film, described as a dark comedy-thriller, follows a college student (Keoghnan) who becomes obsessed with his wealthy and aristocratic classmate (Elordi).
10. murder in venice (A Haunting in Venice) – Kenneth Branagh
just to stay on topic, there The third chapter starring the legendary detective Hercule Poirot can be expected to premiere in Venice, The film, the sequel to its predecessors murder on the orient express And murder on the nileIn addition to Branagh, Camille Cottin will again bring to the screen a stellar cast with Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Reilly Riccardo Scamarcio and Michelle Yeoh.
The film will be released in cinemas in Italy september,
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11. book of clarence – James Samuel is among the films we can see at the Venice Film Festival 2023
Film directed by James Samuel (the harder they fall, 2021) in his second work as a director, sees the likes of Omar Sy, Lakith Stanfield, Benedict Cumberbatch and James McAvoy in the cast. Little is known about the film other than that it is inspired by biblical events, and follows a man from Jerusalem who tries to redeem the status quo of an important person: Jesus.
Another curious detail is that the film was shot in the Italian city of Matera.