The presence of Argentines at the Lido is varied, but quite similar as regards those who come to the Festival to accompany their films in the official competition of the Leone d’Oro. Sicilian Griselda now how will they do it Ricardo DarinPeter Lanzani, Santiago Miter and Alejandra Flechner, arriving on Friday, They will be staying at the Excelsior Hotel.

From there, before the refinement of their films, they will perform in the classic “march” at the Palazzo del Cinema. Even though it is less than 200 meters away, they are picked up by carstep down a few meters from the red carpet and enter the Great Room.

Griselda Siciliani arrived on Tuesday at the airport of the island of Venice from Madrid, e moved directly by taxi boat to the island of Lido, where the Festival takes place, which is the one in front of Venice and “separates” it from the Adriatic Sea. Here, at the Lido, stay until Friday at the Hotel Excelsior.

Griselda the same day she arrived, she had no respite. In the evening attended the dinner that the Hollywood Academy offered to special international guests. Of course I was Julianne Moorepresident of the Jury that integrates Mariano Cohnthan after browsing the magazine’s cocktail Variety he also approached the Misericordia of Venice, in Venice proper.

There were the director of the exhibition, Alberto Barbera, and almost all the rest of the jury of the festival, artists of the opening film, White noise (director Noah Baumbach and his actors Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle, who, by the way, had a long chat with Moore), and it wasn’t Adam Driverthe protagonist of the film.

Luca Guadagnino, director of call me by your namepresenting in competition here Bones and allbut his star was not there, Timothy Chalamet (and he is already in Venice), Eugenio Caballero, Oscar-winning art director, and who performed this function in Bardin Rome Y Pan’s labyrinthAmong other films.

The menu was prepared by chef Massimiliano Alajmo (three Michelin stars), and included seafood burrata, lobster mashed potatoes with cress sauce and fresh sprouts and, for dessert, chocolate treats. All with drinks and Moet & Chandon champagne. Dinner ended late and around 1:30 Griselda returned to the Lido.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the day before the press conference, the junkets (meetings with some media) and the gala itself, he had a much more relaxed day. She devoted herself to rest, because today Thursday will be a beating. Around 2.30 pm she met the Argentine Nicolás Giacobone (screenwriter of Bard), its manager, Javier Braier, and Luis Rosales, casting director of the film, at the Hotel Excelsior itself.

In the afternoon they went to her room to put on her makeup, because later that evening, at 8pm, she went to a private dinner with Bard. Here it is already dress by Pradathe maison that will also take care of her dress for tonight’s gala.

Today is the marathon (conference, press attention and gala).

Jury with little time

The other Argentine who is already here, as we said, is Mariano Cohn. Jury member, you have a very busy schedule since the Tuesday he arrived, and that includes in addition to the viewing of the films in competition, of course, aperitifs, dinners and jury meetings.

As we said, after browsing the magazine’s cocktail Varietysomething like the Hollywood Bible, it was at the Hollywood Academy dinner.

As for Ricardo Darín and the entourage staff who will arrive at the Lido this Friday to present, on Saturday, Argentina, 1985They will have that day off. They won’t come to the Excelsior for lunch on Saturday, because it’s called la at noon photo callbefore the press conference of the film that will compete for the Golden Lion.

From there they will cross the Hotel Excelsior diagonally, where they will wait to leave for the Palazzo del Cinema, where the gala will be held at 6.45pm, with the screening of the film.

There will not be a night party, but a dinner to celebrate the presentationpresumably in the same Hotel, it is something that the people of the production of the film and of Amazon (which will release it weeks after it will be known in Argentine cinemas, Thursday 29 September), which has been here since Tuesday, is organized.

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