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Venice 2005 / Competition

13 articles available in total starting from 30/08/2005. Last article published on 09/09/2005.

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Who will win the Golden Lion?

Rumours abound in the city of Venice where the jury of the official competition will award on Saturday night the prizes for the 62nd edition of la Mostra. According to latest gossip, the race for...  

09/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

The Constant Gardener, political thriller in Kenya

Brazilian Fernando Meirelles drew curiosity, if not shock, three years ago with the narrative structure and use of colour in his City of God (Cidade de Deus, four Oscar nominations). And now, an...  

09/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

Pupi Avati and the marriage of convenience

La seconda notte di nozze is the final film in competition at this year’s Festival. Pupi Avati has not been present at the Lido since 1996, when his Festival was selected out of competition. He...  

09/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

Comencini and the hidden truths

Cristina Comencini, who is presenting, for the first time in competition in Venice, her eighth feature film La Bestia nel cuore, received a short but intense applause from the specialized press....  

08/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

Vers le Sud: black love and white dollars

"The good masks are mixed with the bad masks, but everybody wears a mask". In official competition this morning at la Mostra, where he was revealed in 2001 in a parallel section with his third...  

07/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

The Gospel according to Abel

Abel Ferrara's religious obsession was already obvious in many of his films, particularly in Bad Lieutenant. With Mary, the independent American filmmaker, who grew up in the Bronx and received a...  

07/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

O Fatalista : the libertarian philosophy of Botelho

Regular guest at la Mostra since 1988, Portuguese filmmaker Joao Botelho did not disappoint his admirers last night with the screening in official competition of O Fatalista, free adaptation of...  

06/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

A thriller of the mind from Faenza

"It's only a crush!" yells Olga to her best friend. An illusion, a hope that lies beneath a woman's despair, on the first day of her abandonment, a day that seems endless. Taken from the novel of...  

06/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

Ice and fire from Gabrielle

Master stroke last night at la Mostra with the screening in official competition of Gabrielle, impeccable demonstration of the talent of French filmmaker Patrice Chéreau. Aided by exceptional...  

05/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

International plot for Zanussi

Life is hard for an idealist. An idealist such as Wiktor, Polish ambassador to Uruguay, ex musicologist and activist in the Solidarnosc movement, forced to face daily hypocrisy. Diplomatic plots,...  

04/09/2005 | Venice 2005 | Competition

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