09/10/2021 20:08
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Updated 09/10/2021 8:12 PM
Ben Affleck
and
Jennifer Lopez
, the most acclaimed couple of the moment, have made their relationship official by parading together tonight on the red carpet of the Lido Cinema Palace, where they were for the presentation of Affleck's latest film,
The Last Duel
(
The Last Duel
), directed by
Ridley Scott
.
It was the most anticipated image by the paparazzi of the festival.
At first Affleck got out of the car, wearing a suit and bow, and posed for a moment only to then open the door for his companion, who has appeared stunning in a long tight white dress with a dizzying neckline and topped with jewels.
The actor and director of
Argo
and the Latin diva, actress and singer, have paraded together showing great complicity, with constant laughs and cuddles.
From the waist and down the red carpet, Ben & Jennifer.
AFP photo
Then Affleck's co-stars arrived, who in the film has a supporting role: Matt Damon, along with his wife, the Argentine Luciana Barroso, in a black dress, and Jodie Comer, also in black, but with a chiffon dress from high neck and transparencies.
He got out of the car first, posed, and opened the door for Jennifer.
AFP photo
Lastly, they were joined by Ridley Scott, director of The Last Duel, the film that would be screened at night at the Lido, out of competition, to close this 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez arrived in Venice on Thursday, where they were seen together by water taxi and also walking through the streets of the city.
Matt Damon with his wife, Luciana Barroso (45) from Salta.
The actor turns 51 on October 8.
Photo EFE
Their reunion in recent months, which is now official, caused much expectation since the couple met in 2003 filming
Gigli
and they got engaged to be married, which never happened, because a year later the break was confirmed.
Since May they have begun to be seen together again, shortly after the Latin star ended his relationship with former baseball player Alex Rodríguez and this summer they spent a vacation together on the Italian island of Capri.
The Ridley Scott Award
Scott is grateful for the Cartier Glory award before they screen "The Last Duel", the film that opens in Argentina in October.
Photo EFE
Ridley Scott received tonight the new Cartier Glory award granted by the Venice Film Festival for an "incredible and prolific career" and for his "natural approach to different genres", according to Alberto Barbera, director of the Mostra.
Happy and content, Affleck became his former partner.
AFP photo
Scott received the award at the Lido Cinema Palace before the screening of The Last Duel, a story with feminist overtones set in 14th century France.
Sparing in words, the director of key works in the history of cinema such as
Blade Runner
,
Alien
or
Gladiator
, read a thank you in which he mentioned all the filmmakers who have served as inspiration.
In particular, he thanked Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, writers and protagonists of The Last Duel, who came to him to ask him to direct it.
Damon and Affleck (also co-writers) Jodie Comer (from "Free Guy" and "Killing Eve") and "The Last Duel" director Ridley Scott.
Photo EFE
"It has been a challenging film that in my opinion sheds light on an important subject, I think it is one of my best films," said Scott, 83, without blushing.
In his presentation, Barbera recalled the "epiphany" he experienced when, as a young film critic, he saw
Blade Runner
for the first time
precisely in Venice, a film that was "a revolution in modern science fiction."
The Cartier Glory is a newly created award from the Mostra conceived to distinguish "a personality who has marked contemporary cinema in a particularly original way".
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