There are 23 movies competing for the manage prize, the Blonde Lion, on the Venice Movie Competition which kicks off on Wednesday and concludes with the awards rite on September 9.
They’re:
BASTARDEN by means of Nikolaj Arcel, starring Mads Mikkelsen (Denmark)
DOGMAN by means of Luc Besson, with Caleb Landry Jones (France)
THE BEAST by means of Bertrand Bonello, with Lea Seydoux, George MacKay (France/Canada)
HORS-SAISON by means of Stephane Brize with Guillaume Canet, Alba Rohrwacher (France)
ENEA by means of Pietro Castellitto with Pietro Castellitto, Giorgio Quarzo Guarascio (Italy)
MAESTRO by means of Bradley Cooper, with Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman (USA)
PRISCILLA by means of Sofia Coppola with Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi (USA/Italy)
FINALMENTE L’ALBA by means of Saverio Costanzo with Lily James, Rebecca Antonaci (Italy)
COMANDANTE by means of Edoardo De Angelis with Pierfrancesco Favino (Italy)
LUBO by means of Giorgio Diritti with Franz Rogowski (Italy, Switzerland)
ORIGIN by means of Ava DuVernay with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal (USA)
THE KILLER by means of David Fincher with Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton (USA)
MEMORY by means of Michel Franco with Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard (Mexico, USA)
IO CAPITANO by means of Matteo Garrone with Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall (Italy/Belgium)
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST by means of Ryusuke Hamaguchi with Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka (Japan)
GREEN BORDER by means of Agnieszka Holland with Jalal Altawil, Maja Ostaszewska (Poland/France/Czech Rep/Belgium)
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING by means of Timm Kroger with Jan Bulow, Olivia Ross (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)
POOR THINGS by means of Yorgos Lanthimos with Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe (Britain)
EL CONDE by means of Pablo Larrain with Jaime Vadell (Chile)
FERRARI by means of Michael Mann with Adam Motive force, Penelope Cruz (USA)
ADAGIO by means of Stefano Sollima with Pierfrancesco Favino, Toni Servillo (Italy)
KOBIETA Z… by means of Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert with Malgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Joanna Kulig (Poland/Sweden)
HOLLY by means of Fien Troch with Cathalina Geeraerts, Felix Heremans (Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg/France)
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