The reason for peace

Amos Gitai explores the dialogue between Einstein and Freud on war
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The fragile balance

Anne-Sophie Bailly signs a family drama between love and addiction
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A Simple Silence

Quintero returns to Venice Immersive with the last chapter of the trilogy
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Battleground

by Gianni Amelio
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saturday, 31 august 2024

What if Einstein and Freud explained to us the reason for war? Amos Gitai’s Why was born in the aftermath of the Hamas attack and Israeli counter-attack. Gianni Amelio’s Battleground (Competition) is also a war story, the story of two soldiers of opposite visions and a shared love for Anna on the backdrop of...
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If these two films -- Trois amies and Babygirl -- made it into the line-up to legitimize, in the words of Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera, a Festival that found again sexuality as a subject matter to reflect on, well, we must say that once again Europe lags far behind the USA as far as...
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Amos Gitai presents Out of Competition Why War, focused on an exchange of letters which took place in the 30s between Einstein and Freud where they question each other why man in the course of his history has always chosen war as a solution to the contrasts and conflicts afflicting the world...

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12.00 WHY WAR (Out of Competition)
12.40 LEURS ENFANTS APRÈS EUX (Venezia 81)
13.20 FAMILIER SOM VORES (FAMILIES LIKE OURS) (Out of Competition – Series)
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14.40 THE ORDER (Venezia 81)
15.20 BABY INVASION (Out of Competition)

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13:30

Sala Perla

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Bernhard Wenger

(102')

14:00

Sala Grande

  • Out of Competition

Amos Gitai

(90')

14:15

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

Péter Kerekes

(99')

14:30

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

Nicolas Winding Refn

(109')

14:30

Sala Corinto

  • Out of Competition

Nicolas Winding Refn

(7')

15:00

Sala Casinò

  • Out of Competition

Thomas Vinterberg

(195')

16:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 81

Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma

(144')

16:30

Sala Perla

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Shahab Fotouhi

(83')

16:45

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

Anne-Sophie Bailly

(95')

17:00

Sala Giardino

  • Biennale College Cinema

Zsófia Szilágyi

(87')

17:15

Sala Corinto

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Leo Favier

(84')

19:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 81

Gianni Amelio

(103')

21:00

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Giovanni Dota

(84')

21:00

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Paola Randi

(105')

21:30

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Justin Kurzel

(116')

23:55

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Harmony Korine

(80')

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Harmony Korine

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