Mostra di Venezia, it starts on August 30 with «Comandante». Six Italians in the race – Corriere.it

«The consequences of the strike of Hollywood actors and screenwriters on the Venice Film Festival are modest, in reality the only US-produced film we have had to give up is Challengers by Luca Guadagnino», says the artistic director Alberto Barbera. The opening, on August 30, has changed: from Guadagnino to Edoardo De Angelis, director of «Comandante», on the fascist hero submariner played by Pierfrancesco Favino.

“It won’t be an autarkic festival,” says Barbera. Nevertheless six of the 23 films in competition are Italian: after «Comandante», «Enea», second work by Pietro Castellitto, «Finalmente l’alba» by Saverio Costanzo, «Lubo» by Giorgio Rights, «Io Capitan» by Matteo Garrone, «Adagio» by Stefano Sollima. Willem Dafoe will be present in three films, Favino and Alba Rochrwacher in two.

Among the most anticipated most anticipated works: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro on Leonard Bernstein, Roman Polanski’s The Palace, Woody Allen’s Coupe de Chance. “Priscilla” by Sofia Coppola. Stories about teenagers dominate. Female directors are, in the various sections, at an altitude of 32 percent.