Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe 77th Venice Film Festival kicked off today amid a surreal sense of empty spaces, countered by the morale-boosting presence of Cate Blanchett, who during the opening press conference zeroed in on the milestone event’s crucial importance for the global film industry.Blanchett, in fine fettle, praised organizers for their “inventiveness and resilience” in assembling the first major coronavirus-era physical fest, which she said seems “a miracolo” (Italian for miracle). “I’ve long been looking forward to this,” she added.She noted that for Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera and his team “these months have been all about canvassing opinions, and the needs and expectations and desires of.
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