The Venice Film Festival roared back to life this year with a starry and feminist-tinged selection that leaves the competition wide open for who will take home the Golden Lion on Saturday.
The MeToo movement appears to be making its mark on the film industry if the Venice premieres were anything to go by.
Other films at the festival -- from French abortion drama"Happening" to Maggie Gyllenhaal's unflinching look at motherhood in"The Lost Daughter" -- suggested some progress in the effort to bring more female stories to the screen. Its star Benedict Cumberbatch is also being tipped for awards for his part as the conflicted cowboy at the centre of the film.
The glamour was certainly back this year, with a dazzling Hollywood guest list capped by the appearance of Affleck with his old/new girlfriend Jennifer Lopez to the delight of gossip mags everywhere.Venice is also about the cream of the arthouse world, and the competition featured beloved cineastes such as Spain's Pedro Almodovar and Italy's Paolo Sorrentino -- both offering strikingly personal and heartfelt films.
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