The 80th Venice Film Festival takes place from August 30 to September 9. The opening film will be The Commander by Edoardo de Angelis, replacing the previously announced Challengers starring Zendaya. The closing film will be J.A. Bayona’s La Sociedad de la nieve, out of competition. In a previous article, we announced the juries.
The 23 films selected for competition include American and Italian films (6 features each) as well as three French features.
Sofia Coppola will present Priscilla, a biopic about Priscilla Presley based on her memoir « Elvis and me », with Cailee Spaeny in the lead role. Another biopic, that of Enzo Ferrari, starring Adam Driver and written by Michael Mann, will also be presented in competition. A third biopic, Maestro, by and starring Bradley Cooper, is dedicated to Leonard Bernstein, a legendary film composer.
The Promised Land, a Danish historical film about the 18th-century colonization of the Jutland wilderness by the Kingdom of Denmark, starring Mads Mikkelsen and directed by Nikolaj Arcel, is one of the most eagerly awaited projects of La Mostra 2023.
The following films are also in contention for the Golden Lion:
The Killer by David Fincher
El Conde by Pablo Larrain
Poor things by Yórgos Lánthimos
DogMan by Luc Besson
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello
Hors-saison by Stéphane Brizé
Enea by Pietro Castellito
Finalmente L’Alba by Savrio Costanzo
The Commander by ‘Edoardo de Angelis
Lubo by Giorgio Diritti
Origin by Ava Duvernay
Memory by Michel Franco
Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone
Evil does not exist by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The Green Border by Agnieszeka Holland
The Theory of Everything by Timm Kroger
Adagio by Stefano Sollima
Holly by Fien Troch
Woman of… by Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
Woman of by Michał Englert ,Małgorzata Szumowska
With: Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig, Bogumiła Bajor, Mateusz Więcławek, Jacek Braciak
Our rate: *
The Theory Of Everything by Timm Kroger
With: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuß, Philippe Graber, David Bennent, Ladina Carla von Frisching, Imogen Kogge, Emanuel Waldburg-Zeil, Paul Wolff-Plottegg
Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur…
The Promised Land by Nikolaj Arcel
With: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper, Felix Kramer, Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Our Rate! **(*)
The killer by David Fincher
With: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Monika Gossmann, Kellan Rhude, Sophie Charlotte
After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
The Green Border by Agnieszeka Holland
With: Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska, Tomasz Włosok, Behi Djanati Atai, Mohamad Al Rashi, Dalia Naous, Malwina Buss, Monika Frajczyk, Piotr Stramowski, Jaśmina Polak
The fates of a Syrian refugee family, a lonely English teacher from Afghanistan and a young border guard, who all meet at the…
The count by Pablo Larrain
With: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger
A black comedy picturing bloody Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire.
The Commander by Edoardo de Angelis
With: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luca Chikovani, Johannes Wirix, Johan Heldenbergh, Mario Russo, Lucas Tavernier, Massimiliano Rossi, Silvia D’Amico, Giulio Greco, Arianna di Claudio
At the start of WWII, Salvatore Todaro commands the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini. One dark night in October 1940, while navigating in…
The Beast by Bertrand Bonello
With: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Kester Lovelace, Julia Faure, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Félicien Pinot
In the near future emotions have become a threat. Gabrielle decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past…
Priscilla by Sofia Coppola
With: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Dagmara Domińczyk, Emily Mitchell, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Tim Post, Luke Humphrey, Ari Cohen, Josette Halpert
Our Rate: **
Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos
With: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Christopher Abbott, Damien Bonnard, Kathryn Hunter, Suzy Bemba
Our Rate: **(*)
Origin by Ava DuVernay
With: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Niecy Nash, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Connie Nielsen, Victoria Pedretti, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Isha Blaaker
Examines the unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how our lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions dating back…
Memory by Michel Franco
With: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard, Merritt Wever, Josh Charles, Elsie Fisher, Jessica Harper, Blake Baumgartner, Rand Faris, Davis Duffield, Brooke Timber
A love-struck couple attempt to build a relationship while dealing with trauma and dementia, in this dramatic study of memory, identity, and trust.
Maestro by Bradley Cooper
With: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Sam Nivola, Matt Bomer, Michael Urie, Gideon Glick, Miriam Shor, William Hill
Our Rate! ***
Lubo by Giorgio Diritti
With: Franz Rogowski, Christophe Sermet, Valentina Bellè, Noemi Besedes, Joel Basman, Oliver Ewy, Christian Bianco
Our rate: **
Io, Capitano by Matteo Garrone
With: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Bamar Kane, Didier Njikam, Ibrahima Gueye
our Rate: *
Hors-Saison by Stéphane Brizé
With: Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher, Sharif Andoura, Emmy Boissard Paumelle
Our Rate: **
Holly by Fien Troch
With: Cathalina Geraerts, Felix Heremans, Greet Verstraete, Serdi Faki Alici, Els Deceukelier
In the wake of the disaster, a 15-year-old girl is treated by a community in mourning as a saviour with a special talent to heal.
Finalmente L’Alba by Savrio Costanzo
With: Lily James, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher, Paul Boche, Anna Manuelli, Alexia Murray, Benjamin Stender, Andrea Ottavi
Our Rate:***
Ferrari by Michael Mann
With: Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Patrick Dempsey, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Leone, Erik Haugen, Michele Savoia, Valentina Bellè
Our Rate: (*)
Evil does not exist de Ryusuke Hamaguchi
With: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura
Our Rate : *