Julianne Moore

On the last day of summer in Venice, the 79th International Film Festival begins. The first celebrity guests have already been spotted in the city: Julianne Moore, who chaired the jury this year, appeared before the photographers.

Russian director Andrey Konchalovsky and his wife Yulia Vysotskaya are in Venice, currently on vacation in Italy. Journalists suggest that the couple will visit the film festival they used to frequent. True, their appearance surprised the public, because recently the director has spoken harshly about international festivals and Europe in general. As Konchalovsky noted in a recent interview, he does not believe that “success at a Western festival today can give us a start in life” and that Europe is now “carefully self-destructing”, according to him.

Also, models Alessandra Ambrosio and Barbara Palvin have already arrived in Venice, but most of the stars will arrive later.

According to the organizers, the program of the 79th festival is more diverse than ever: films by well-known masters are presented alongside works by emerging directors. The festival will open with Noah Baumbach’s black comedy “White Noise” with Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. The main competition features 23 films, including several high-profile premieres: Andrew Dominika with Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, Darren Aronofsky’s Brendan Fraser, who gained weight specifically for this role, and Kitty compete for the Golden Lion, a story about love and cannibalism. drama “Totally and completely” starring Luca Guadagnino with Timothy Chalamet, “Bardo” by Alejandro Inarritu and other films.

Out-of-competition premieres include Nicolas Winding Refn’s Copenhagen Cowboy series, Lars von Trier’s third season of The Kingdom, Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Don’t Worry, Sunshine, and Kim Ki-duk’s latest The Call of God is located.

In addition to Julianne Moore, the films will be judged by Argentine director Mariano Cohn, Iranian actress Leyla Khatami, Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and others. The festival will last until September 10.