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In the Dark Travel: Five Must-Sees at the 2008 Venice Film Festival

July 30, 2008 at 12:20 PM | 0 Comments

The Venice Film Festival, held August 27 through September 4, just announced its slate of films, and we're so excited. It may not have the cachet of Cannes, but at least there aren't any jellyfish on its shores. Here's what's on our ticket list:

  • 5. "The Wrestler" One of only five American films in competition this year, this is Darren Aronofsky's follow-up to the controversial "The Fountain" starring Mickey Rourke and Evan Rachel Wood.

  • 4. "The Burning Plain" Now that Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo Arriaga, the director and screenwriter of "21 Grams" and "Babel," have ended their partnership, we're looking forward to seeing what Arriaga might have up his sleeve with this drama about a woman (Charlize Theron) trying to reunite with her estranged mother (Kim Basinger), a casting that could either go really right or super wrong.

  • 3. "Ponyo on the Cliff By The Sea" Hayao Miyazaki's full-length follow-up to Academy Award nominee "Howl's Moving Castle" will have anime fans everywhere talking.

  • 2. "The Certified Copy" If you aren't yet acquainted with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, leading light of the Iranian New Wave, start with his first non-Persian film (original title: "Roonevesht barabar asl ast"), starring Juliette Binoche as a French woman who falls in love with a British writer.

  • 1. "Burn After Reading" After their dark drama "No Country For Old Men" stole Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, everyone's dying to know what the Coen Brothers will do next. If you can get into the August 27 world premiere, let us know because our powers only extend to teen sequels.

Related Stories:
· La Biennale di Venezia Program [Official Site]
· Hollywood Takes a Back Seat at Venice Film Festival [Yahoo]
· Lights, Camera, Venice [Jaunted]

[Still from "Burn After Reading": Worstpreviews.com]

Where: Venice, Italy

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