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The first of the four Italian films in competition arrives at the Venice Film Festival, OUR FATHER by Claudio Noce with Pierfrancesco Favino, in which the director is inspired by the autobiographical story linked to his father, the target of a terrorist attack in 1976.
“Salvini? I hope it is not a wasted trip. Watching the film you understand that it is not pro police, nor is it pro Nap, but rather a story about boys and girls.” So Pierfrancesco favino, protagonist of Claudio Noce’s Padrenostro, the first Italian in competition at the Venice Film Festival, answers a question from reporters about the announced presence of the League leader tonight at the film’s premiere, in which the director inspired by the autobiographical story linked to his father. , the target of a terrorist attack in 1976. “We know Salvini’s ability to be in the center, it is a good sign for the film, but I don’t think there is any possibility of manipulation in this case. I did not invite him – concludes Favino – but none of us has the right to avoid being a moviegoer ”.
He also made his debut for the Venice 77 competition THE DISCIPLE by Chaitanya Tamhane, a musical and social journey between the India of yesterday and today.
There is out of competition THE DUKE by Roger Michell, with Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent, reconstruction of the extraordinary true story of a 60-year-old taxi driver who in 1961 stole a Goya painting from the National Gallery in London, and FINAL ACCOUNT, a documentary by Luke Holland with interviews with the last generation of Germans still alive who had been part of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
These are some of the main events.
THE DISCIPLE by Chaitanya Tamhane (Venice 77) with Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Kiran Yadnyopavit (Sala Grande at 4.30 pm). Sharad Nerulkar has dedicated himself to one goal: to become a performer of Indian classical music. In seeking to master his art at the highest level, Sharad will have to deal with both the complex reality of life in contemporary Mumbai and the path he has chosen.
OUR FATHER by Claudio Noce (Venice 77) with Pierfrancesco Favino, Barbara Ronchi, Mattia Garaci (Sala Grande at 7.30 pm). Rome, 1976. The life of 10-year-old Valerio is turned upside down when, together with his mother Gina, he witnesses the attack on his father Alfonso by a group of terrorists. From that moment on, fear and the feeling of vulnerability mark the feelings of the whole family.
FINAL ACCOUNT by Luke Holland (Out of Competition – Sala Grande at 2.30 pm). In 2008, British director Luke Holland began interviewing the last generation of living Germans who had been part of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. The interviews were aimed at ordinary citizens who carried out the projects conceived by the architects of the mass genocide.
THE DUKE by Roger Michell (Out of Competition) with Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead (Big Room at 10:15 pm). In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Francisco Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and so far only) robbery in the history of the Gallery. Kempton sent a ransom note stating that he would return the painting on the condition that the government compromise with the elders through further investment.
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