1. Birdman Birdman Opening Film/Main Competition Section
As the opening film, Birdman was directed by Alessandro González Iñárredo, a Mexican director who had previously directed Babel tower and 21 Grams. Michael Keaton plays a former actor who played a superhero and now has to deal with a mess of family and career. Edward Norton also has a wonderful appearance. It is worth mentioning that the cinematographer of the film is Emmanuel Lubezki, a cinematographer who previously won an Oscar for "Gravity".
2. Pasolini Main Competition Section of Pasolini
In 1975, legendary Italian film director Pierre Paolo Pasolini died in a private car by the sea, and a young male prostitute was charged with murder and convicted. In 2005, investigators reopened the case. Director Abel Ferrara claims to know who killed Pasolini, and the film that was shortlisted for the main competition recounts the last day of the legendary Italian director's life.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence main competition unit
Nordic director Roy Anderson, who became famous for "Swedish Love Story", was shortlisted for the Golden Lion for the first time. The original Swedish text of "Cold Branches and Birds" is particularly long, from the famous work "Snow Hunter" by the painter Bruegel Sr. The director describes itself as a dreamy tragedy, but with humor and philosophy. (Is there a strong IKEA style in the stills)
4. "Cut" The Cut main competition unit
Cuts, the final installment of the Turkish-German director Fatih Akin's "Love, Death and Demons" trilogy, tells the story of a survivor who became deaf and mute during the 1915 Armenian genocide and travels the world to find his lost daughter. Previously, "Courage To Go Forward" and "On the Other Side of Life" won the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival awards respectively.
5. 99 Homes 99 Homes main competition unit
In the film, directed and written by Ramin Bahani, "The Amazing Spider-Man" Andrew Garfield plays a contractor who has lost his job due to a housing bubble. He lived with his mother and son, was forced to mortgage the house, and later sold his conscience in order to make money. Set against the backdrop of the U.S. financial crisis, the film explores the moral dilemmas facing interests.
6. The Interloper Red Amnesia Main Competition Section
The only Chinese-language film participating in the Golden Lion Award this year, a new work directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. Prior to this, Chinese films such as "City of Sorrows", "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit", "Long Live Love", "Three Gorges Good Man", "Color Ring" and other Chinese films have won the Golden Lion in Venice. Old Deng, played by Lü Zhong, is the central character of this film, and the suspenseful storm she encountered when she was recuperating in her youth evoked her youthful memories when she was far away in Guiyang. There are also Feng Yuanzheng, Qin Hailu, Qin Hao and other powerful actors to join, a rare era & family drama.
7. The Story Ghesse-ha main competition unit
Losan Benedima is a female leader in Iranian cinema today, making short films reflecting the realities of Iranian society since 1984. The Story chronicles the lives and spiritual conflicts of seven passionate Iranian filmmakers, workers, and intellectuals.
8. The Price of Glory La rançon de la gloire main competition unit
French director Chavel Beavers's new film is set in the 1970s, when Chaplin died, in the Small Swiss town of Vevey, where Chaplin lived in his later years. A gangster who lives a sloppy life wants to take the opportunity to steal the master's body and extort a sum from his family.
9. "Two Hearts" 3 Coeurs main competition unit
Director Benoët Jacques made Gide's "Counterfeiter" into a film and was nominated for the Venice Golden Lion three times. He has worked with many well-known French actresses, and this "Three Hearts and Two Hearts" brings together two literary goddesses: Charlotte Gamble and Catherine Deneuve. It was truly stunned.
10. Hungry Hearts Main Competition Unit of Hungry Hearts
Italian director Savirio Costanza made "The Loneliness of Prime Numbers" into a movie 4 years ago, and was also shortlisted for the main competition. "Hungry Hearts", his second finalist, tells the story of the life experiences and crises of trust of a couple who come to New York. Actor Adam Drever was recently nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for two consecutive years.
11. Black Souls Anime Nere main competition unit
In order to solve the problem of family evil, the three brothers returned from Milan and North America to the southern Italian port city of Calabria. The stills are super beautiful, and the image style seems to have the legacy of Greek director Angelopoulos.
12. The Look of Silence Main Competition Unit
In 1965, the Indonesian government was overthrown by the junta, and opponents of the military dictator were bloodily slaughtered. In 2012, director Joshua Oppenheimer filmed the documentary "The Killing Act" from the perspective of a participant in the massacre and was nominated for an Oscar. "Portrait of Silence", which was shortlisted for the main competition unit, reinterpreted the incident from the perspective of the victim's family. Due to death threats, it was impossible for the director to return to Indonesia, and the content of "Statue of Silence" was completed before the release of "Killing Rendition".
13. Sivas Sivas main competition unit
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Turkish cinema, and the country of honor at this year's Beijing Book Fair also happens to be Turkey. At the same time, Turkish newcomer director Caen Mudessi's "Sivas" was shortlisted for the main competition unit in Venice. The title "Sivas" does not refer to the central Turkish city of Sivas, but to the protagonist of the film, aslan, an 11-year-old boy, who finds a seriously injured and dying puppy in a ditch.
14. "Away from the Crowd" Loin des hommes main competition unit
Directed by David O'Höven, Far Away is the first French-language film by Vigo Mortensen and is based on Camus's 1957 short story The Visitor. During Algeria's war of independence from France, a teacher was ordered to escort villagers accused of murder to the authorities, but the two fled together via the Atlas Mountains on the journey.
15. "Youth Shaohua" Il giovane favoloso main competition unit
The protagonist roams freely in the prison-like library, but encounters the barriers of rebellious spirit in the seemingly open and free external world.
16. Good Kill Main Competition Unit of Good Kill
Starring Ethan Hawke, an elite fighter pilot who flew remotely piloted drones to the Taliban every day on missions, he finally became suspicious and reflective about his work.
17. Manglehorn Main Competition Section of Manglehorn
A small town of blacksmiths with a dark past with "all things spiritual and beautiful". The wonderful rivalry of Al Pacino and Holly Hunter fully stimulates the character tension carried by the characters.
18. The Last Hammer Le dernier coup de marteau main competition unit
French female director Alex de la Porter won the Silver Lion Award for Best Short Film in Venice in 2006 for "How to Slow Down the Mountain", and in 2010, the first feature film "Angel and Tony" was shortlisted for the International Film Critics Week section of the Venice Film Festival that year. "The Last Hammer" is the first time that De Laporte has been shortlisted for the main competition in Venice, telling the story of how the young boy Victor stepped out of the shadows in the face of an unfamiliar and uncertain future.
19. Postman's White Night Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына main competition unit
This time, Russian director Andrey Koncharovsky did not take the detour of adapting turgenev, Chekhov and other classical literary works to avoid conflict with realpolitik. Inspired by the real social news, he sends actors to the village to experience life for a year, and integrates into the original, non-professional performances of local villagers, interpreting another kind of escape story: the characters try to break the barriers to the modern world, but they are hindered.
20. Wildfire Nobi main competition section
Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto, who is famous for "Iron Man", remade the work of his predecessor Ichikawa Kun reflecting on the war this time, and I don't know how he will grasp the style of the film... After all, he is also Quentin's idol, think about what Quentin made "Shameless Bastard". ：）
21. The Hill of Freedom 자유의 언덕 Horizon Unit
South Korean director Hong Sang-so's new film, Tao Jie commented well: "Basically or familiar routines, including constant drinking." "Oddly on the male protagonist Kase Ryo literary & cute & simple triple feeling coexist, with any age of girls to drag is not a violation."
22. The President The Horizon Unit
The film's director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, was imprisoned for political activities at the age of 17 and remained in exile since The 2005 Mahmoud Election. The premiere, "The President," shown in the Horizon section, is his first English-language film about those in power before and after the coup d'état in the Caucasus, and the film attempts to propose solutions to avoid violence in future revolutions. After the film was screened in Venice, viewers could log on to the festival's official website and watch it online for 4 euros.
23. Female Addicts: Part II Nymphomaniac: Volume II Non-Contest Screening
See Female Addict 1 at the Berlin Film Festival and Female Addict 2 at the Venice Film Festival. Las von Trier was invited to show in Venice, where a special director's cut was produced. Watch with caution.
24. "Low into the Dust" The Humbling is not a competition screening
Al Pacino has two films on display at this year's Venice Film Festival, one is "Manghorn" directed by David Gordon Green, and the other is the film "Low into the Dust" based on the novel of the same name by American writer Philip Ross. The film follows the emotional entanglement of an elderly actor with a 25-year-old gay woman, continuing the theme of Philip Ross's work, namely the loneliness and lust of old age.
25. Olive Kitteridge non-competitive screening of Olive Kitteridge
The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by American author Elizabeth Straw. Previously, the director adapted Elizabeth's novel into an HBO miniseries starring Francis McDormand, and the film attracted Bill Murray and others to join, focusing on the lives of small townspeople in England and telling the legendary story of Olive Kitterage.
26. The Closing Film of The Golden Age
As the closing film of the Venice Film Festival, "Golden Age" focuses on the story of Xiao Hong, a modern Chinese female writer. Starring Tang Wei, Feng Shaofeng and Wang Zhiwen, the film showcases the style of Chinese youth who pursued freedom and dreams in the 1920s and 1940s. As a director, Xu Anhua also served as the chairman of the jury in the horizon section of the Venice Film Festival.
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