Tthe third day of the competition in Venice 2023 with three promising films: Poor things Yorgos Lanthimos, Finally dawn Saverio Costanzo e Bastarden Nicholas Arsel. Out of the race The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Wes Anderson and in “Venetian Days” Sidoni in Japan Eliza Girard.
Poor things Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast All (International) Stars Poor things (in Italian it would be: Poor beings!) Greek Yorgos Lanthimos: Emma Stone (also producer), Mark Ruffalo, Willem DafoeRami Yousef, Christopher Abbott, Margaret Qualley, Hanna Shigulla.
Poor beings!
From Alasdair Grey’s novel, the ghostly evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone). a young woman brought back to life by a brilliant and unorthodox scientist (Defoe), whom she then abandons, attracted by a lawyer (Ruffalo), with whom she has adventures that cross continents. Freed from the prejudices of her time, the main character fights for equality and emancipation. “Essentially, this is a story about a woman’s freedom in society,” says the director..
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Poor Creatures! (photo by Atsushi Nishijima. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures).
Finally dawn Saverio Costanzo
Lily James, Rebecca Antonachi (the nineteen-year-old revelation), Joe Keery, Rachel Sennott, Alba Rohrwacher, Willem Dafoe reveal their faces to the main characters of the film. Finally dawn Saverio Costanzo. Which in the 1950s intertwined in Cinecitta the stories of a naive Roman girl and a spoiled American star (a little Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatraa little bit also Anita Ekberg in Sweet life) with crime news: the death by drowning – on the beach of Torvaianica – of Vilma Montesi, an aspiring actress, followed by the participation of representatives of the Christian Democrats …
Lily James in Last Dawn.
Bastarden Nikolai Arcel
IN Bastarden Nikolai Arcel Mads Mikkelsen personifies the former captain Ludwig Kalen, who in 1755 dreams of making the Danish marshes fertile by founding a colony in the name of the king. Borgen), will make his mission impossible… “When I became a father, an existential awareness appeared for me,” recalls the director. “With the help of Ida Jessen’s brilliant novel, Anders Thomas Jensen and I wanted to tell a grand and epic story about how our ambitions and desires are doomed to failure if they are all we have. Life is a mess; painful and unpleasant, beautiful and extraordinary, and often we cannot control it. As the saying goes: “We make plans, and God laughs.”
Mads Mikkelsen in the movie “Bastarden”.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Still all divas from List however, they passed on to Wes Anderson The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – out of competition – and medium length film (only 40 minutes long): appeal – Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley. Based on the story Roald DahlThis is the story of a rich man who, after learning about a guru who sees without using his eyes, decides to master the technique of cheating in gambling.
Cartier Award for Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson to be honored with Cartier Filmmaker’s Glory Award. Motivation? Alberto Brabera, director of the Venice Film Festival, explains this: “He is one of the few directors who needs only one shot to immediately recognize his unique and unmistakable style. His formal universe refers to a childlike and dreamy aesthetic, dominated by pastel colors, the maniacal thoroughness of strictly symmetrical shots, and populated by characters of unfortunate dreamers, incurably romantic and smiling.”
Sidoni in Japan Eliza Girard
Isabelle Huppert travels with Sidoni in Japan Eliza Girard, presented in the section Giornate degli Autori. You play an acclaimed widowed writer who has been invited to the Land of the Rising Sun to republish her first book. She is greeted by a local editor and escorted to Kyoto, a city of shrines and temples. Magically, she slowly begins to open up, although the ghost of her husband does not leave her. Against…
Isabelle Huppert and Tsuyoshi Ihara in Sidonia in Japan.
“The film was born from the feelings I had when I discovered Japan in 2013,” explains the director. “As soon as I started writing, I thought of Isabelle’s face and chose the name ‘Sidonie’ because of its Japanese consonance and also as a tribute to Colette, a writer I especially love. Through this film-journey, I wanted to talk about mourning, rebirth, love that comes back unexpectedly.”
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