He signed autographs, covers of his latest Harry's House record, took dozens of selfies with the lucky ones in the front row:
to the warm welcome that hundreds of young people gave him he responded with equal warmth, as if he was not used to the movement of fans who has been following him for over 10 years.
"Harry, Harry", his name was the rhythm of the sixth day of Venice 79 and the young Englishman from X Factor Uk, then leader of the boy band One Direction phenomenon, became a hit soloist and actor since 2016, confirmed the expectations of being the most awaited star, together with Timothée Chalamet, of this edition of the Venice Film Festival.
"It's the first time in Venice, I didn't know what to expect, I'm struck by so much enthusiasm"
, blue suit, shirt with very long laces, sunglasses which he then took off, artfully disheveled hair.
"I'd like to work with Paolo Sorrentino" he said, applying to a film by the Italian director that he evidently admires.
He kept his distance from the director of the film and his partner Olivia Wilde, DON'T WORRY DARLING
(Out of Competition and in cinemas from 22 September with Warner Bros) specially separate photos as well as no photos together and that of the group at a safe distance with Florence Pugh, the protagonist of the dystopian thriller about Victory, an oasis of the American desert, a secret plan in the '1950s America of order and discipline organized by a kind of sexy messiah (Chris Pine): men work on the "development of advanced materials", period-style wives clean the house, cook and go shopping .
Alice (Pugh), Jack (Styles) wifey finds out at what price they are living that perfect world and tries to escape.
Pugh, seen in Little Women and Marvel's Black Widow cinematic, did not attend the press conference.
She arrived this afternoon from the set of Dune 2 in Budapest: "
Meanwhile, on the web the gossip goes crazy that they would like one against the other: first for the annoyance for the love story, born on the set, between the director and Styles, when she was still with Jason Sudeikis, then for the alleged dismissal of Shia LaBeouf, replaced in the race by Harry Styles, but above all, for the sex scenes between her and the singer on which she would be aiming to launch the film.
"The web is based on this gossip and I don't want to add anything else," Wilde replied.
Curious this non-support between women in a film that "is not a feminist parable, but a provocation on the role that women have always played, I want the public to be inspired by this revolutionary heroine who does not accept submission and control, they are the superheroines of we need today, ”continues Wilde.
"The power,
Harry Styles and the cast of Don't worry darling have conquered the Lido, but the audience was thrilled by IN VIAGGIO, the documentary by Gianfranco Rosi on Francesco.
"Do not think it is different when Pope Francis moves, the screams are the same:
he is really a Pope Rock"
, said the director as he presented the documentary out of competition on 4 October with 01. In the images, nine years of Bergoglio's pontificate through 37 journeys, from Brazil to Cuba, from the United States to Africa, up to Southeast Asia.
Repertoire, images of the cinema of the Golden Lion for Sacro Gra and the Golden Bear for Fuocoammare and still images of current events and more recent history, an immense material used with extreme freedom.
"It was a life experience. He is a Pope who speaks to believers and non-believers. I can never forget - he stressed - his gaze in the Philippines after the tragedy of the typhoon when he met the poor".
Venice, the Pope bursts into the exhibition: presented 'Traveling' by Rosi
Irish actors Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson accompanied the competition film The Spirits of the Island, by Martin McDonagh (Three Posters at Ebbing), in theaters on February 2, 2023 distributed by Disney. Applause for this male friendship drama filmed and set on a remote island of Ireland in 1923
and also for the other film in the competition, Koji Fukada's Japanese drama Love Life.
Finally, Amanda by Carolina Cavalli (Orizzonti Extra) with Benedetta Porcaroli.
