On 25 July, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival Alberto Barbera will lift the veil on the line-up of the official selection of the 80th edition (30 August to 9 September) and rarely has the presence of French films competing for the Golden Lion taken so long to take shape, feeding many rumours in Paris. A brief review of the most likely candidates today.

Already mentioned by international forecasters, DogMan [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Luc Besson which announced with certainty for an out-of-competition slot may now have very good chances of being upgraded to competition. Produced by LBP and co-produced by EuropaCorp, the filmmaker’s 20th feature (who has so far never participated in any big festival’s competition) traces the incredible story of a kid, hurt by life, who will find solace in the love that his dogs have for him. Starring Caleb Landry Jones (Best Actor award in Cannes in 2021 for Nitram), Jojo T. Gibbs, Alioune Sané and Marisa Berenson, the film is sold internationally by Kinology.

Familiar with Venice, where she had unveiled Angel & Tony [+lee también:
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entrevista: Alix Delaporte
ficha de la película]. Starring Alice Isaaz, Roschdy Zem, Vincent Elbaz, Pascale Arbillot, Pierre Lottin and Jean-Charles Clichet, the film dives into the daily life os a prestigious news show, wallowing a young woman who must find her place in the team of reporters and with the show’s editor-in-chief… A Trésor Films production sold by Pyramide International.

Also potentially participating are La Bête [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bertrand Bonello
ficha de la película] by Bertrand Bonello (with Léa Seydoux and George MacKay leading the cast) and Hors-saison [+lee también:
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entrevista: Stéphane Brizé
ficha de la película] by Stéphane Brizé (with Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher in the main roles), but the possibility of a big French surprise should not be excluded…

As a reminder, Les Indésirables [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ladj Ly y Giordano Gederlini
ficha de la película] by Ladj Ly was announced this week for a world premiere in Toronto (from 7 to 17 September), and therefore won’t be travelling to the Lido. Finally, on the Venice out-of-competition side, (where could figure the French co-productions Coup de chance [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Woody Allen with its fully French cast, and The Palace [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Roman Polanski), in Orizzonti and in the parallel sections, emerge amongst others predictions for titles such as Making Of [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cédric Kahn
ficha de la película] by Cédric Kahn, Sidonie in Japan [+lee también:
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entrevista: Élise Girard
ficha de la película] by Élise Girard as well as The Dreamer [+lee también:
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entrevista: Anaïs Tellenne
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Amongst the main attractions that could shine at the top of the gondola of Venice 2023, which will open out of competition with Challengers [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Luca Guadagnino and whose competition jury will be presided by Damien Chazelle (news), are David Fincher (The Killer), Michael Mann (Ferrari [+lee también:
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entrevista: Valentina Bellè
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ficha de la película]), Bradley Cooper (Maestro), Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things [+lee también:
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entrevista: Suzy Bemba
Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
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entrevista: Saverio Costanzo
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