09/08/2013 - Four other films to complete the programme. The collective film Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded will be the second opening film after Gravity by Cuarón. Fisher and Escalante part of the jury

Une promesse [+see also:
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Une promesse, written by the director with Jérôme Tonnerre will be presented in a global premiere. Based on a story by Stefan Zweig, it is set in pre-World War I Germany and is based on a woman who falls in love with a rich and powerful industry man who is also one of her husband’s business acquaintances. The cast includes Rebecca Hall (photo), Alan Rickman and Richard Madden.

Three new documentaries have also been inserted into the programme: Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater by Gabe Klinger (Venice Classics); Donne nel mito: Anna Magnani by Marco Spagnoli; Dai nostri inviati - La Rai racconta la Mostra del Cinema 1980-1989 by Enrico Salvatori, Giuseppe Giannotti, Davide Savelli (out of competition – special screening). Gideon Bachmann will be presenting (complete with live commentary) Dietro le quinte di 8 e mezzo, 170 snap-shots of himself made as he made his Fellini masterpiece (out of competition – special screening). This will complete the Fellini homage day, set for September 6, which will also host the global premiere of Ettore Scola’s latest film, Che strano chiamarsi Federico [+see also:
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American actress, screenwriter and writer Carrie Fisher (unforgettable as Princess Leila in Star Wars) will join this year’s Venezia 70 jury, while Mexican director Amat Escalante (Best Director at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for Heli [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)