Quali film francesi saranno a Venezia?

di Fabien Lemercier

07/07/2023 - Diamo un'occhiata alla rosa di contendenti francesi più appetibili, a meno di tre settimane dall'annuncio della selezione di Alberto Barbera

DogMan di Luc Besson

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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 [+leggi anche:
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Familiar with Venice, where she had unveiled Angel & Tony [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Alix Delaporte
scheda film]. 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bertrand Bonello
scheda film] by Bertrand Bonello (with Léa Seydoux and George MacKay leading the cast) and Hors-saison [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphane Brizé
scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] 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 [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cédric Kahn
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intervista: Élise Girard
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intervista: Anaïs Tellenne
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