09/10/2021 19:19
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Updated 09/10/2021 19:20
The
Venice Film Festival closes this Saturday
, with the delivery of its Golden Lion, a high-level and very close edition, with more Hollywood stars than ever and in which Latin American cinema has especially shone.
Paolo Sorrentino, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar
and Audrey Diwan of France top the list of critical favorites, but Venezuelan
Lorenzo Vigas
and Mexican
Michel Franco
are also up in the stakes.
Penelope Cruz
has many options for the
Volpi Cup for
best actress, as she has convinced both in her dramatic role of
Parallel Mothers
and in the Argentine comedy
Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat
Official Competition
.
Paolo Sorrentino and his favorite actor, Toni Servillo, on their way through the Venice Film Festival, with "It was the hand of God".
Photo EFE
They will have to be seen, of course, with Kirsten Stewart, who has unleashed opposing passions with her role as Lady Di in
Spencer
, by Pablo Larraín and with the French Anamaria Vartolomei, protagonist of the shocking and visceral
The event
("L'événement ") by Audrey Diwan.
There are fewer clues in the best actor award, although Benedict Cumberbatch stood out in
The Power of the Dog
("The Power of the Dog"), by Jane Campion, and the Italian Elio Germano for
Latin America
by the D'Innocenzo brothers.
American Kristen Stewart, who plays Lady Di in "Spencer," can win the Volpi Cup for best actress.
Photo EFE
It will be the jury led by the Korean
Bong Joon-ho
(
Parasites
) who will unveil the winners tomorrow at a closing gala at the Lido Cinema Palace that is scheduled to start at seven in the afternoon, Italian time.
Whatever happens, there is no doubt that Venice, which has experienced many ups and downs throughout its
78 editions
, has been going through a sweet period in recent years, thanks to the fact that
Cannes
, which does not allow platform films, He left that field free.
New Zealander Jane Campion, with British Benedict Cumberbatch and American Kirsten Dunst: "The Power of the Dog" is a favorite.
ANSA photo
Directors who normally go to Cannes, such as Paolo Sorrentino or Jane Campion, have presented their works in Venice because they go hand in hand with Netflix, as has Maggie Gyllenhaal in her behind-the-camera debut
The Lost Daughter
.
In the last four editions, in addition, the films that triumphed at the Mostra have also done so at the Oscars, as has been the case of
Nomadland
(2020),
Joker
(2019),
Roma
(2018) and
The Shape of Water
(" The Shape of Water ", 2017), the last four Golden Lions.
Commercial films
Venice is also not shy about receiving films with a clear commercial vocation wrapped in an author's stamp, as has been the case with
Duna
this year, which guarantees that the images on the red carpet will go around the world.
The president of the Jury, the Korean Bong Joon-ho ("Parasites").
AP Photo
Only with
Denis Villeneuve's
ambitious film
, screened out of competition, did Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem,
Oscar Isaac
and Jason Momoa
arrive in Venice
.
Isaac also presented, along with
Jessica Chastain
, his adaptation for
HBO
of the series
Secrets of a marriage
(
Scenes from a Marriage
) and together they left one of the most celebrated moments of the red carpet.
Antonio Banderas, Olivia Colman, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Hudson, Anna Mougalis, Charlotte Gainsbourg
and
Tim Roth
are other celebrities who have paraded through the Lido Cinema Palace and they were joined on the last day by
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
. last accompanied by actress and singer
Jennifer Lopez
.
Source: EFE
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