Five Italian films in competition at the 78th Venice Film Festival (1-11 September), a record.
All highly anticipated and prestigious titles: It was the hand of God, by Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino, Here I laugh by Mario Martone on the great Eduardo Scarpetta played by Toni Servillo, Freaks Out by Gabriele Mainetti with Claudio Santamaria and Pietro Castellitto, Il buco di Michelangelo Frammartino from an extraordinary Italian venture of speleology and Latin America, a thriller by the D'Innocenzo brothers with Elio Germano.