This week at the Venice Film Festival, guests got to see Oscar-winner Jane Campion’s first feature since 2009’s Bright Star.Set in 1920’s Montana and shot in New Zealand, Netflix-backed film The Power Of The Dog stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a brutal, wealthy rancher who inspires fear and awe in those around him until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
Also starring are Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee.Campion is one of only five women directors in Venice’s Competition this year, a reduction from eight in 2020.
Until earlier this year, the New Zealander was the only woman to win a Palme d’Or. She is the second of only seven women ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar.Campion was asked at today’s Venice
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