Finally, we have the list of the movies that will be presented at the Venice Film Festival this summer.
Here you can find our 5 most anticipated movies.
Roma By Alfonso Cuaron: The Mexican director, known for Gravity or Children of men is back with a film appearing to be very intimate. The plot will deal with the lives of a middle-class Mexican family during the 70s. The movie is entirely in black and white, it is produced by Netflix and it will be available on small screens after it’s debut at the Venice Film Festival.
The Favourite by Yorgos Lanthimos: After the Killing of the Sacred Deer, the Greek director Lanthimos has directed a new disturbing film. This time the movie is set in England during Queen Ann’s reign with the story centered on Abigail Masham and Sarah Churchill, two cousins competing to win her majesty’s favors. The cast is composed by Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult and Mark Gatiss.
Suspiria by Luca Guadagnino: The acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino presents at the Venice Film Festival his remake of Dario Argento’s iconic Suspiria. It’s surely a very risky operation, Guadagnino is, however, adamant he isn’t after a banal remake, his mission is to convey to the public the same emotions he felt when watching the original film in 1977. In this second version of Suspiria, we shall see actors Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson e Jessica Harper
Work One Autor by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is back to cinema after several years of absence. After his great success with The Lives of Others and The Tourist, the German director is landing at the Venice film festival with Work One Autor a film dealing with a West Berlin artist tortured by his memory of the Nazi Dictator.
The Mountain by Rick Alverson: The mountain is Rick Alverson’s latest movie, a director little known in Italy despite being behind a number of remarkable films such as Entertainment or The Comedy. Alverson’s new movie arrives in Italy with the story of a youngster’s first work experience with a weird doctor. The movie’s cast is rich of stars such as the young actor Tye Sheridan playing side by side with Jeff Goldblum, Hannah Gross, Denis Levant and Uno Kier. Expectations are very high.
