Griselda Siciliani left the Lido of Venice almost with a canapé in her hand. photo EFE
Some come and some leave. Sicilian Griselda they departed, and those who came were Ricardo DarinPeter Lanzani, Santiago Miter and Alejandra Flechner, who this Saturday present Argentina, 1985, in the competition for the Golden Lion.
We had already said it: Thursday would end up being a beating for Griselda Siciliani here at the Venice Film Festival.
At the press conference, the meeting with international media – including Clarione– and the gala with the screening of BardAlejandro González Iñárritu’s film vying for the Golden Lion -, an invitation had to be added, almost at the last minute.
Griselda, who in the film plays Lucía, the wife of the protagonist (Daniel Giménez Cacho), was already taking a taxi-boat from the island of Lido to the island of Venice an hour after the end of the official screening. And there, at Marco Polo International Airport, he boarded a private jet.
With the bite of the cocktail still undigested after the gala, Siciliani and the rest of the cast and crew of the film left, in two jets, because not everyone could fit in one, headed to Telluride, the town of Colorado, United States Unidos , which has no more than 3,000 inhabitants, but which has its own prestigious Film Festival, which lasts only four days.
Y Bard he has his American premiere there, just Friday night.
So Thursday was a bullfight day. First the delegation went to the Sala Grande, at the Palazzo del Cinema, for the screening in front of the official jury, chaired by Julianne Moore and composed by our compatriot Mariano Cohn (the distinguished citizen, 4×4, official competition) instead of a short aperitif a dinner was held at the Hotel Excelsior, where they were staying. The film is long, almost three hours, and they haven’t had enough time to get on the jets.
Present at all times Ted Sarandos, the president of Netflix, who is the main producer of the film, and Scott Stuber, head of the original films of Netflix. Bard “will have its premiere in commercial theaters in Mexico, the United States and Spanish-speaking countries,” according to González Iñárritu himself, and then confirmed it to Clarín, before streaming in mid-December – at least in the United States which is the date.
When they arrived on the red carpet, the music that was heard was that of Bardcomposed by Bryce Dessner, who had already written the one for the rebornand worked with Taylor Swift on her album All time (2020). Ted Sarandos himself took his cell phone and took a selfie with the entire film delegation.
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Who is still at the Lido is Nicolás Giacobone, who wrote the screenplay with the director of Birdman. He was at the gala accompanied by Mariana Genesio Peña. Giacobone also gets on a plane this Saturday, but in Buenos Aires, because he has to resume the routine of writing a new screenplay.
As for the quartet Argentina, 1983They arrived at the Lido at noon. Darín, together with his wife Florencia Bas, Santiago Miter with his partner Dolores Fonzi, Peter Lanzani and Alejandra Flechner. This Friday is relaxing, because tomorrow, Saturday, there is the press conference and then the gala at 19:00, and on Sunday there is the accredited press.
Paul O. Scholz
Source: Clarin