Italy has five films in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival 2022. American director Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the 79th version of the event.
Five Italian films are in the running for the Golden Lion at the 79th Venice Film Festival. The event runs from August 31 to September 10.
The films are Il Signore delle Formiche (The Lord of the Ants) by Gianni Amelio, Bone and All by Luca Guadagnino, Chiara by Susanna Nicchiarelli, Monica by Andrea Pallaoro and Emanuele Crialese’s L’Immensita’ (Immensity) starring Penelope Cruz.
Venice Film Festival 2022 to open with Baumbach’s White Noise
American director Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will open the 79th edition when it kicks off on August 31.
Based on a book by Don DeLillo, White Noise stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle. The film examines an American family’s quest for happiness in an uncertain world.
“It is a great honour to open the 79th Venice Film Festival with White Noise,” said Festival Director Alberto Barbera. “It was worth waiting for the certainty that the film was finished to have the pleasure to make this announcement. Adapted from the great Don DeLillo novel, Baumbach has made an original, ambitious and compelling piece of art, which plays with measure on multiple registers: dramatic, ironic, satirical.
“The result is a film that examines our obsessions, doubts, and fears as captured in the 1980’s, yet with very clear references to contemporary reality.”
