The opening of the Venice Film Festival!23 films "lion hunting", Chinese film absence of the main unit

[Global Times Special Correspondent in France] The 79th Venice International Film Festival will be held on Laudu Island, Venice, Italy from August 31st to September 10th. A total of 23 films from the world compete for the highest honor "Holy "Mark Golden Lion Awards", many of them have won the Golden Lion Award and Oscar master instructor. The luxury lineup also attracted the media and fans. However, the popular Chinese film, which was very popular in Shuicheng, was absent again. Only Yang Dechang's classic film "Independence Age" was released in the classic unit. The "Shimen" of China -Japan co -produced appeared in the parallel unit.

The restoration of "Independence" is displayed in the classic unit

Oscar award -winning director "voted for the peach"

"90 -year -old Venice looks better than ever." The Associated Press is quite optimistic about this year's Venice Film Festival. As the oldest film festival in the world, the influence of Venice in Europe is second only to Cannes. At the same time, because the hosting time is close to the United States awards season, and the organizer is interested in the tilt of Hollywood, this ancient European Film Festival becomes Oscar's weathervanes of the Oscar. one. Especially in the past ten years, many Venice's award -winning works have shined in Oscar. These award -winning directors have also "reported peaches" and sent new films to Shuicheng for premiere.

In the final film of Venice's main competition unit this year, American films led 7, including "White Noise", "Poet", "Whale" and "Blonde Beauty", which were optimistic. As the "White Noise" of the opening film of this Venice Film Festival, directed by American independent filmmaker Noah Bubach, his last work "Marriage Story" is also shortlisted for Venice.

"White Noise" is adapted from the best -selling novel of the same name by the writer Tang Derrich. It is known as the masterpiece of postmodernist literature in the United States. The film focuses on a middle -class couple. Following away. The theme of "White Noise" once again focuses on Western families and marriage. In addition to the well -known original and directors, the acting of the popular Hollywood stars such as Adam Dereffe and Graitta Geiger also made the film highly expect. The media predicted it. It is expected to copy the high reputation of "Marriage Story".

Women's color is strong

As a director who has shined in Venice, Alexandro Gonzaarez Inartu also returned to Water City this time. Unlike the "Birdman" and "Wild Hunter" who won the award before, this Mexico The director's new work "Poet" turned his eyes to his hometown. Through the perspective of a Mexican journalist, he focused on local social problems, with unique nostalgia and black humor.

Another Golden Lion Prize winner Dalon Allenvsky's new exhibition is even more embarrassing- "Whale" tells a decadent obese man who is rescued by a friend and re -contacted her daughter who has a relationship. The male lead of the film is a fat man with 600 pounds (1 pound, about 0.9 pounds). He plays his Hollywood action star Brandon Fisher, who has become popular with "Mummy" and "Forest Mountain". The latter's personal life The same is as bumpy as the career, which makes people look forward to "Whale".

This year's Venice's women are also strong -not only the jury chairman is Hollywood actress Julian Moore, but also the members of the last Golden Lion Award, French female director Audrey Diwan, and Iran actress Leila Ha Tami, 6 works in 23 main competition units are from the hands of female directors.

There are two of the works of women's themes that have attracted much attention: "Blond Monroe" directed by the emerging director Andrew Dominic and starring Anna De Amaz is a panoramic film of Marilyn Monroe. Its turbulent childhood to adulthood reproduction, no matter how much the fiction is, the name "Monroe" alone has enough charm. Another female biographical film is the "Tal" starring the Chairman of the Venice Jury Kate Blanchet the previous year, showing the professional style and family identity of the famous musician Lidia Tal. The "Great" starring Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is the story of a great mother in the 1970s.

There are also many masterpieces in European countries this year. French drama writer Florian Zeller sent a new work "Small Selling in the Mood" as the second part of the "Family Trilogy". Symptoms, the English background of the film, the appearance of Hugh Jackman and Anthony Hopkins, this work will also make a difference in the Hollywood awards season.

In addition, the "A pair" of the American documentary master Frederick Wansman and the British genius director Martin McDonald's "The Mourning Banshee on the Island" also has its own interests. The most anticipated young fans are the Italian director Luca Guadonino and Timoshi Chalemed again after "Please call me" again. The element's highway film "Bone and All".

In recent years, Hollywood and American independent films lead the leadership in Shuicheng. European works are still stable. In contrast, the road of Venice in Chinese films has been a bit "lonely". More than ten years ago, when "China Tong" Mark Mueller was the chairman of Venice, the number and quality of Chinese films attracted attention. Chinese directors have won the Golden Lion Award many times, including Zhang Yimou, Li An and Cai Mingliang.

The last time the Chinese film competed for the Golden Lion Award, or the "Lanxin Grand Theater" directed and starring Gong Li in 2019. One year later, "Not only Endless", supervised by Jia Zhangke, directed by young director Wang Jing, and starring Bai Ke, was shortlisted for the horizon unit. In 2021, the new work "Waterfall" of Taiwan's Taiwan director Zhong Menghong once again appeared in the horizon unit. In this year's Venice, only the restoration of the "Independence Age" rewriting, and the "Ishimen" co -produced by the Chinese female director Huang Yan and the Japanese director Okasuka Okasaki Okasaki appeared in the unofficial Venice Japanese unit. Other Asian movies include Japanese director Fukada's "Love Life", Iranian director Jafa Panasi's "Bear" and Vashid Jaliband's "Except High Wall", and in order to mourn the Golden Lion The award -winning Korean guide Kim Kidd, this year's Venice will also premiere his "Call of God".

"Starting station" of streaming manufacturers

Over the years, in order to alleviate the competitive pressure brought by Cannes, Venice, as the "Father of the World Film Festival", also came up with traditional advantages and innovation highlights: in addition to the awards season and Hollywood Essence Venice will not refuse the excellent streaming works because of the pressure of the issuer and the cinema line, and the streaming media represented by Net flight will also send the most artistic pursuits to Venice for premiere.

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