Serena Rossi, I godmother in Venice in the world in flames

(ANSA) - VENICE, 31 AUG - The face of Venice 78, the edition of the restart and redemption that opens tomorrow in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and with RobertoBenigni Leone d'oro for Lifetime Achievement, followed by the world premiere of Madres Paralelas of Pedro Almodovar, is Serena Rossi.

   Eclectic, sunny, popular on TV between entertainment and fiction programs since the days of Un posto al sole and cinema, the actress is the example of that new generation of interpreters who know how to do everything well, singer, presenter, actress like Anna Foglietta that preceded it or PaolaCortellesi, to give two examples.

    "No matter how big the screen is, what matters is the freedom of the artist who follows the projects he believes in and always works hard", he said in an interview with ANSA while preparing the 'speech'. Godmother of the Venice Film Festival (1-11 September), it is up to her to introduce this edition. "I have been writing and writing the text for weeks, I repeat it to myself while I do the shopping or prepare dinner", he says with that sympathy which is one of his characteristic features. The texts are usually stately, the importance of cinema, the value of the work, the great authors ... "yes, but we are not in a bubble, a wonderful adventure begins among dozens of films from all over the world, but this world is in flames and I feel I have to say this too, maybe I will come out of the canons but I feel I have to do it.The Exhibition is a cultural event, but this stage in the Sala Grande of the Palazzodel Cinema also offers the opportunity to talk about the reality that surrounds us and to which we in the cinema are not indifferent only because we live in a bubble and many films will be further testimony, addressing issues such as gender-based violence, forgotten wars, the existential dimension of refugees and much more ".

    He has very serious intentions: "I will be here for the whole period of the exhibition and I will try not to miss a film, I will eat it".

   (HANDLE).