The Venice film festival opens its doors on Wednesday to a stack of highly anticipated movies but less star power than usual, as a Hollywood actors' strike keeps many A-listers off the famed red carpet.
The festival's artistic director Alberto Barbera is putting a brave face on the expected disruption and has managed to attract one of the strongest"We know that some talent will not be able to attend ... But some others will come because they are working in the independent films," Barbera told Reuters Television. "So everything is good. It looks very positive."
Venice regularly throws up big favourites for the Oscars, with eight of the past 11 best-director Oscars going to films that debuted at Venice, including "La La Land" in 2016, directed by this year's jury president, Damien Chazelle. "Ferrari" is an independent production not made by one of the big Hollywood studios and its cast has been given a pass by the U.S. actors' union to promote the picture.
Besson is returning to the festival circuit after being cleared in June of rape charges levelled against him in 2018 by an actress. He denied wrongdoing, as did Allen, who was accused of assaulting his adopted daughter but was cleared by police.
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