HALF OF SELECTION FROM USA OR ENGLISH SPOKEN
Venice Festival, the oldest of all, announces the films selected for the competition at its 64th edition (August 29 – September 8 / 2007). Half of the 22 features in the list is either a North American production or is spoken in English. Two of its Leone d’Oro trophies will distinguish Italian master Bernardo Bertolucci and the American. Another homage will be paid to German Alexander Kluge. The great retrospective has been programmed to rescue the popular western all’italiana, a very popular gender in the 1960’s and 70’s, which levered Italian cinema industry and spread around the world.The films in competition follow:
By Joe Wright, Atonement – Great Britain / USA, 123’, with Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn. This film will open the 64th Venice Festival.
By Wes Anderson, The Darjeeling Limited - USA, 91’, with Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray.
By Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth – Great Britain / USA, 86’, with Michael Caine, Jude Law.
By Youssef Cgahine, Heya fawda (Chaos ) - Egito, 122’, with Khaled Saleh, Mena Shalaby, Hala Sedky, Youssef El Cherif
By Brian de Palma, Redacted - USA, 90’, with Kel O`Neill, Daniel Stewart Sherman.
By Andrew Dominik, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - USA, 155’, with Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard.
By Paolo Franchi, Nessuna qualità agli eroi - Italy / Switzerland / France, 102’, with Elio Germano, Bruno Todeschini, Irène Jacob.
By Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton - USA, 119’, with George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack.
By Peter Greenaway, Nightwatching - Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Holland / Great Britain, 134’, with Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Michael Teigen
By Jose Luis Guerin, En la ciudad de Sylvia - Spain, 90’, with Pilar Lopez De Ayala, Xavier Lafitte.
By Paul Haggis, In the Valley of Elah - USA, 120’, with Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon.
By Todd Haynes, I’m not There - USA, 135’, with Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Julianne Moore, Christian Bale, Charlotte Gainsbourg
By Jiang Wen, Taiyang zhaochang shenqi (The Sun Also Rises) - China / Hong Kong, 116’, with Jiang Wen, Joan Chen, Zhou Yun, Jaycee Chan, Anthony Wong
By Lee Kang Sheng , Bangbang wo aishen (Help Me Eros) - Taiwan, 107’, with Lee Kang Sheng, Yin Shin
By Abdellatif Kechiche, La Graine et le mulet - France, 151’, with Habib Boufares, Marzouk Bouraouïa, Faridah Benkhetache, Sabrina Ouazani
By Ang Lee, Se, jie (Lust, Caution) - China / USA, 135’, with Tony Leung, Joan Chen, Tang Wei.
By Ken Loach, It’s a Free World… - Great Britain / Italy / Germany / Spain, 96’, with Juliet Ellis, Leslaw Zurek, Kierston Wareing.
By Vincenzo Marra, L’ora di punta - Italy, 96’, with Fanny Ardant, Michele Lastella, Giulia Bevilacqua.
By Miike Takashi Sukiyaki, Western Django - Japan, 121’, with Quentin Tarantino, Hideaki Ito, Kaori Momoi, Yoshino Rimura
By Nikita Mikhalkov, 12 - Russia, 153’, with Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Makovezkij, Mikhail Yefremov, Sergei Garmash.
By Andrea Porporati, Il dolce e l’amaro - Italy, 98’, with Fabrizio Gifuni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro.
By Eric Rohmer, Les Amours d’Astrée et Céladon - France / Italy / Spain, 109’, with Stéphanie Crayencour, Andy Gillet, Cécile Cassel.