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Venice 2008 lines up.
By Alison Willmore on 07/29/2008
Filed under: Festivals
The 65th Venice Film Festival announced its line-up today -- among the juicy offerings are the new Darren Aronofsky film "The Wrestler," with Mickey Rourke playing Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a retired pro wrestler struggling to get back into the ring; Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq drama "The Hurt Locker"; Takeshi Kitano's comedy "Achilles and the Tortoise"; the new Miyazaki movie "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea," which is already in theaters in Japan; Jia Zhang-ke cinematographer Nelson Yu Lik-wai's São Paulo-set multi-ethnic thriller "Plastic City"; and Jonathan Demme's "Rachel Getting Married," in which Anne Hathaway plays a girl fresh out of rehab.
Premiering out of competition, as already announced, will be the Coen brothers "Burn After Reading," along with Claire Denis' "35 Rhums," Abbas Kiarostami's "Shirin" and Agnés Varda's documentary "Les Plages d'Agnès." "Chop Shop" director Ramin Bahrani's "Goodbye Solo" and Ross McElwee's "In Paraguay" will play in the sidebar.
Full competition line-up after the jump:
Darren Aronofsky: The Wrestler - USA, 105' Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel WoodGuillermo Arriaga: The Burning Plain - USA, 147'
Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de AlmeidaPupi Avati: Il papà di Giovanna - Italy, 104'
Silvio Orlando, Alba Rohrwacher, Francesca Neri, Ezio Greggio, Serena GrandiMarco Bechis: BirdWatchers - Italy, 108'
Claudio Santamaria, Alicélia Batista Cabreira, Chiara Caselli, Abrisio Da Silva PedroPatrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic: L'Autre - France, 97'
Dominique Blanc, Cyril Gueï, Peter Bonke, Christèle TualKathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker - USA, 131'
Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, Jeremy RennerPappi Corsicato: Il seme della discordia - Italy, 85'
Caterina Murino, Alessandro Gassman, Martina Stella, Michele Venitucci, Isabella FerrariJonathan Demme: Rachel Getting Married - USA, 116'
Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger, Rosemarie Dewitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde AdebimpeHaile Gerima: Teza - Ethiopia / Germany / France, 140'
Aron Arefe, Abiye Tedla, Takelech BeyeneAleksey German Jr.: Bumažnyj soldat (Paper Soldier) - Russia, 116'
Chulpan Khamatova, Merab Ninidze, Anastasya ShevelyovaSemih Kaplanoglu: Süt - Turkey / France / Germany, 102'
Melih Selcuk, Basak KoklukayaTakeshi Kitano: Akires to kame (Achilles and the Tortoise) - Japan, 119'
Beat Takeshi, Kanako Higuchi, Yurei Yanagi, Kumiko AsoHayao Miyazaki: Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on Cliff by the Sea) - Japan, 101'
animationAmir Naderi: Vegas: Based on a True Story - USA, 102'
Mark Greenfield, Nancy La Scala, Zach ThomasMamoru Oshii: The Sky Crawlers - Japan, 122'
animationFerzan Özpetek: Un giorno perfetto - Italy, 95'
Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo, Stefania SandrelliChristian Petzold: Jerichow - Germany, 93'
Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Hilmi SözerBarbet Schroeder: Inju, la Bête dans l'ombre - France, 105'
Magimel Benoît, Minamoto Lika, Shun Sugata, Maurice Bénichou, Ryo IshibashiWerner Schroeter: Nuit de chien - France / Germany / Portugal, 110'
Pascal Greggory, Bruno Todeschini, Amira Casar, Jean-François SteveninTariq Teguia: Gabbla (Inland) - Algeria / France, 140'
Kader Affak, Ines Rose Djakou, Ahmed Benaïssa, Fethi Ghares, Kouider Medjahed, Djalila Kadi-HanifiYU Lik-wai: Dangkou (Plastic City) - Brazil / China / Hong Kong/China / Japan, 118'
Joe Odagiri, Anthony Wong, Huang Yi, Jeff Chen
[Photo: Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," Protozoa Pictures/Saturn Films, 2008]
+ 65th Venice Film Festival Line-up (LaBiennale.org)
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