Barbera, on Venice that wins useless controversies

(ANSA) - VENICE, 13 SEPTEMBER - The day after in Venice 77 puts an all-Italian controversy at the center.

Triggered by the declarations of Rai Cinema CEO Paolo Del Brocco of open disappointment in the palmares - which did not consider Italian films, excluding the Coppa Volpi to Pierfrancesco Favino for Padrenostro di Claudio Noce - in particular for Gianfranco Rosi's Notturno: the tricolor press highlights the exclusion and the litea distance.

    The president of the Biennale Roberto Cicutto tries to tone down: "Anyone who invests for a long time in a work if he does not win remains bad, it is normal, but the juries are autonomous".

For the director of the exhibition, Alberto Barbera, it is a script that you repeat: "Have you ever seen a jury verdict that does not get up for discussion?", He says, citing sensational examples such as an absurd Palme d'Or president Martin Scorsese or a Luchino Visconti who won the Lido as the exhibition of the Biennale Le MuseInquiete.

"Making everyone happy is impossible, the verdicts must be accepted for what they are: a judgment of seven people, nothing more, nothing objective, all subjective", continues Barbera.

    Insinuating that the Italian juror, the writer Nicola Lagioia, did not fight hard enough and that the composition of the jury of Venice 77 was not well calibrated, "is a useless, unjust, ineffective apolemic, is a way of acting. When Paolo Del Brocco - says Barbera losing lestaffe after declaring "serenity" and "happiness" - he'll make up the jury we'll see ".

    Covid, in reality, was the real protagonist of the Exhibition: "Protecting Venice 77, with all the control and health organizational apparatus, cost two million euros", Cicutto points out, in a festival that could count on a total budget of 14 million, compared to the 12 expected.

There were 5500 accredited, attendance in the room was 40% lower than in 2019, "but it went better than expected, we had estimated -66%)".

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