French director Élise Girard’s “Sidonie in Japan” starring Isabelle Huppert as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour of Japan, is among titles set to launch fr…
as a French writer mourning her husband’s death while on a book tour of Japan, is among titles set to launch from the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Giornate Degli Autori., has unveiled its lineup comprising ten titles world premiering in competition – six of which first works – and films in other sections all displaying a wide range of genres and visual styles, but tied together by “A common discourse,” said the section’s artistic director Gaia Furrer.
Opening the section in competition is Italian director Tommaso Santambrogio’s black and white drama “Oceans Are the Real Continents” set and shot in a decadent contemporary Cuba . This is Santambrogio’s first feature but expands from his well-received short by the same title about a Cuban couple in their 30s and the daily gestures of the their love story.
The out-of-competition closer is “Coup!” an American period satire co-directed by Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman. It stars Peter Sarsgaard as a rebellious servant who spearheads an uprising on a seaside estate against his wealthy employer.Shorts by Mexican director Lila Avilés and Croatian-American filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović will unspool as part of the Prada-commissioned Miu Miu Women’s Tales, a series of short films directed by women.
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