Venice Film Festival Officially Kicks Off With Charlotte Rampling, Liliana Cavani, Damien Chazelle And ‘Comandante’
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deadline.comThe 80th Venice Film Festival officially kicked off Wednesday evening with the world premiere screening of Edoardo De Angelis’ Italian World War II submarine drama Comandante.
Running in competition, the film took over the slot vacated by Luca Guadagnino’s tennis drama Challengers, which backed out of the spot amid the actors strike.
Before the Pierfrancesco Favino-starring movie unspooled, Italian actress Caterina Murino launched the festival’s opening ceremony featuring a retrospective covering the 80 years of the event.
That included glimpses of previous Golden Lion and awards winners, with the audience erupting when the late William Friedkin appeared in the montage.
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