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The Mother fire

Edoardo De Angelis brings Franchini’s novel to Competition
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A cog in the machine

Stéphane Brizé on corporate cynicism: when efficiency erases humanity
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Time itself

Ilya Khrzhanovsky on the DAU “Mother Movie”: when human consciousness defies power
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Into space, by Apecar

In his fiction feature debut, Beppe Tufarulo directs Luigi Lo Cascio in Il mestiere
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Wednesday, 9 september 2026

DAY 8

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by F.D.S.

Totalizing undertakings such as Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s DAU project – that is, making a film about the life of Russian physics genius Lev Landau through the construction of an enormous 12,000-square-meter set replicating the Moscow Institute for Physical Problems where Landau arrived in 1937, conducting 392,000 auditions to enlist 10,000 extras (all strictly non-professional actors), and shooting two years of footage tracking this humanity in motion across the compound with neither a script nor rehearsed retakes…

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Soundtrack Awards 83

Cinema is watched with the eyes, but endured through the ears. From claustrophobic nightmares to the most intimate nocturnal lyricism, we celebrate the musical choices that did far more than set a backdrop this year—they rewrote the very soul of their films. Here are the winners.
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  • Director's Cut
Stéphane Brizé’s fourth film on the world of work confirms the director’s surgical precision in confronting its tensions and critical fractures. Featuring two performers of the caliber of Alba Rohrwacher and Vincent Lindon, Un bon petit soldat looks at a contemporary landscape marked by pervasive, widespread precarity, where labor once again becomes a battleground of power, domination, and subjugation...
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TODAY'S Rating

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BUNKER

STAMPA ITALIANA
F. Caprara
LA STAMPA
Rated 3 out of 5
IL CORRIERE
DELLA SERA
Rated 3 out of 5
A.FINOS
REPUBBLICA
Rated 4 out of 5
F. Alò
Il messaggero
Rated 3 out of 5
M. Mancuso
Il Foglio
Rated 2 out of 5
A. De Grandis
Il Gazzettino
Rated 3 out of 5
CORRIERE
DEL VENETO
Rated 3 out of 5
LA NUOVA
VENEZIA
Rated 3 out of 5
IL FATTO
QUOTIDIANO
Rated 3 out of 5
P. Armocida
IL GIORNALE
Rated 3 out of 5
C. Piccino
IL MANIFESTO
Rated 2 out of 5
F. Ferzetti
L'Espresso
Rated 2 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 3 out of 5
G. Bianconi
IL TEMPO
Rated 3 out of 5
QUOTIDIANO
NAZIONALE
Rated 4 out of 5
T. Marchesi
Domani
Rated 0 out of 5

2.93

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS
SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
Rated 3 out of 5
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
Rated 2.5 out of 5
THE FILM
VERDICT
Rated 3.5 out of 5
B. Bastide
Le Monde
Rated 3.5 out of 5
B. CROLL
THE WRAP
Rated 2.5 out of 5
J. ROMNEY
THE OBSERVER
Rated 3 out of 5
J.H. L. Ramos
EXPRESSO
Rated 3 out of 5
B. HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Rated 3.5 out of 5
FRANKFURTER
RUNDSCHAU
Rated 2.5 out of 5

3.0

COMPANY

STAMPA ITALIANA
IL CORRIERE
DELLA SERA
Rated 2 out of 5
A.FINOS
REPUBBLICA
Rated 3 out of 5
F. Alò
Il messaggero
Rated 1.5 out of 5
M. Mancuso
Il Foglio
Rated 1 out of 5
A. De Grandis
Il Gazzettino
Rated 3 out of 5
CORRIERE
DEL VENETO
Rated 1.5 out of 5
LA NUOVA
VENEZIA
Rated 3 out of 5
IL FATTO
QUOTIDIANO
Rated 2.5 out of 5
P. Armocida
IL GIORNALE
Rated 3 out of 5
C. Piccino
IL MANIFESTO
Rated 2 out of 5
F. Ferzetti
L'Espresso
Rated 2 out of 5
QUOTIDIANO
NAZIONALE
Rated 2 out of 5

2.21

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS
SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
Rated 3 out of 5
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
Rated 2.5 out of 5
THE FILM
VERDICT
Rated 2.5 out of 5
B. Bastide
Le Monde
Rated 4 out of 5
J. ROMNEY
THE OBSERVER
Rated 3 out of 5
J.H. L. Ramos
EXPRESSO
Rated 2.5 out of 5
B. HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Rated 2.5 out of 5
FRANKFURTER
RUNDSCHAU
Rated 4.5 out of 5

3.06

TUTTE LE VOTAZIONI | ALL RATINGS

COVER STORY

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UN BON PETIT SOLDAT by Stéphane Brizé

On Screen

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DAU

DAU

  • Concorso Venezia 83

INTERVIEWS

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The Mother fire

The Mother fire

Edoardo De Angelis brings Franchini’s novel to Competition
Time itself

Time itself

Ilya Khrzhanovsky on the DAU “Mother Movie”: when human consciousness defies power
Into space, by Apecar

Into space, by Apecar

In his fiction feature debut, Beppe Tufarulo directs Luigi Lo Cascio in Il mestiere

INSIGHTS

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  • Highlights

Agenda #8

by Redazione VeNews
What’s On at the Festival: September 8
  • The version of...

Antonio Franchini

by Loris Casadei
The acrid scent of origin: a mother's ruthless anatomy to forgive the unforgivable
  • Highlights

Scars of freedom

by Laura Nortilli
Mihail Chemiakin’s dissident art at Isola Edipo
  • Highlights

Fashion victims

by Riccardo Triolo
When major fashion houses step into the shoes of American Studios
  • Highlights

Bertolucci’s Legacy

by Mariachiara Marzari
Luca Guadagnino brings an intimate portrait of the master to the Lido with the backing of Cinecittà
  • Highlights

Before it becomes cinema

by Alberto Marzari
Practical support in Venice for Arab and African projects
  • Venice Immersive

Voooooo—Peeeeee—

by Alberto Marzari
Flesh in the code: when the void inside becomes the algorithm breathing down your neck

TODAY

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ARRIVALS

Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Radmila Shchogolieva, Maria Nafpliotou, Stéphane Brizé, Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, Antonio Franchini, Kornél Mundruczó, Taika Waititi, Serena Rossi, Lorenzo Perrotta, Barbara Kopple, Antonio Rosario, Andrei Kutsila, Valerio Vestoso, Emanuela Fanelli, Jérôme Pierrat, Jean Ruimi, Jean-Michel Correia, Thierry Coignard, Patrice Kouyoumdjian, Jean-Mathieu Frattaci, Fethi Makdoudi, Sébastien Lefebvre, Laurent Serafini, Xavier Tera,
Naoto Shimajiri, West Mulholland, Daido, Yuma Taira, Levan Koguashvili, Kakhaber Tcholadze, Natia Nikolaishvili, Vamekh Jangidze, Mykyta Gibalenko, Arthur Aliiev, Yelyzaveta Tsilyk, Alina Danko, Klara Lange, Anna Yaremchuk-Bobalo, Samuele Rossi, Giorgio Colangeli, Luca Tanganelli, Luca Vergoni, Alice Vierin, Giada Bessone, Beppe Tufarulo, Luigi Lo Cascio, Claudia Potenza, Riccardo Maiello, Anaïs Landriscina, Chiara Toffoletto, Kamel Laaridhi

PRESS CONFERENCE

palazzo del casinò

12.00 UNION TOWN (Venice Open – Out of Competition)
12.45 DAU (Venezia 83)
13.30 PLACE TO BE (Venice Open – Out of Competition)
14.15 UN BON PETIT SOLDAT (Venezia 83)
15.00 IL FUOCO CHE TI PORTI DENTRO (THE FIRE WITHIN YOU) (Venezia 83)

Solo accreditati, prenotazione obbligatoria/ Press holders, only upon reservation

TODAY'S AGENDA

MOVIES

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11:00

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

ENGLISH, AUGUST

Dev Benegal

(118')

11:30

Sala Perla

  • Venice Days

EVEN IF HELL CAME

Samuele Rossi

(90')

13:30

Sala Grande

  • Venice Open

UNION TOWN

Barbara Kopple

(106')

14:00

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

LA MOULA

Jérôme Pierrat

(83')

14:00

Sala Perla

  • Film Critics’ Week

HALAA (THE H@LLOW MAN)

Kamel Laaridhi

(79')

14:30

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Classics

BRUTTI, SPORCHI E CATTIVI

Ettore Scola

(115')

15:45

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 83

DAU

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

(210')

16:30

Sala Darsena

  • Orizzonti

THE COLOR OF THE SUN

Xavier Tera

(111')

16:45

Sala Giardino

  • Venice Open

PLACE TO BE

Kornél Mundruczó

(110')

16:45

Sala Perla

  • Venice Days

CAMOUFLAGE

Mykyta Gibalenko

(102')

17:15

Sala Corinto

  • Venice Open

LISTY (LETTERS FROM THE SILENCED COUNTRY)

Andrei Kutsila

(72')

19:45

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 83

UN BON PETIT SOLDAT

Stéphane Brizé

(102')

21:00

Sala Giardino

  • Venezia Spotlight

GURIA

Levan Koguashvili

(118')

22:00

Sala Grande

  • Concorso Venezia 83

IL FUOCO CHE TI PORTI DENTRO

Edoardo De Angelis

(93')

FRONT ROW

PAST CONFERENCE

ANUPARNA ROY
THE FILM DRAWS FROM MY OWN LIFE AS A MIGRANT, WATCHING WORKING-CLASS LIVES SLOWLY DISSOLVE INTO THE RESTLESS PULSE OF THE CITY

ANUPARNA ROY

Rachel Szor
IN A FILM YOU CAN SHOW THINGS THAT ARE MISSING SOMEHOW IN JOURNALISM

Rachel Szor

Marco Bechis
I AM NOT MARIANO. I CHOSE FICTION BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO APPROACH A TRUTH THAT MEMORY ALONE FAILS TO TELL

Marco Bechis

Alba Rohrwacher

THE MECHANISMS OF POWER FRIGHTEN ME, BUT I BELIEVE ART IS CAPABLE OF FINDING INTELLIGENT, ALTERNATIVE, SURPRISING ESCAPE ROUTES

Alba Rohrwacher

NICOLAS PARISER

NOT A LOVE STORY SET IN THE PRESENT, BUT THAT OF A MAN IN 2026 TRYING TO REINTERPRET HIS PAST LOVE LIFE. FOR EVERY POLITICAL REVOLUTION INEVITABLY BRINGS ABOUT A MORAL SHIFT

NICOLAS PARISER

ILYA KHRZHANOVSKY
THE FILM DAU BUILDS ITS WORLD WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRECISION WHILE OBEYING THE FREE LAWS OF ART

ILYA KHRZHANOVSKY

STÉPHANE BRIZÉ
THIS IS WHERE THE RISK OF ARENDT’S BANALITY OF EVIL COMES INTO PLAY: ORDINARY, AMBITIOUS AND ZEALOUS PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT COMPLETELY TO AUTHORITY

STÉPHANE BRIZÉ

Casey Affleck
HOW DO WE MAKE PEACE WITH THE LIVES WE’VE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN? THAT’S A QUESTION I’VE BEEN LIVING WITH FOR A LONG TIME

Casey Affleck

Ellen Burstyn

IF A SCRIPT MAKES ME LAUGH, THAT’S GOOD. IF IT MAKES ME CRY, THAT’S GOOD. IF IT MAKES ME LAUGH AND CRY, THAT’S TERRIFIC

Ellen Burstyn

Florian Zeller

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE BEING INVITED TO WITNESS? A GLIMPSE OF REALITY? FICTION? OR A META-EXAMINATION OF THE TRUTH?

Florian Zeller

SOPHIE FIENNES
AS SLAVOJ SAYS IN THE FILM, “OUR DUTY IS TO SEE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE, AND TO DO THIS, WE NEED CINEMA.”

SOPHIE FIENNES

Hirokazu Kore-eda
The sound of them DRAWING MANGA, CHANGING OVER TIME, PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE FILM AS A NON-VERBAL FORM OF EXPRESSION, ALONGSIDE THE MUSIC

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Ellen Burstyn
I WANTED TO PORTRAY WOMEN AS HEROES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE

Ellen Burstyn

Jannis Lenz
WE LIVE IN AN AGE THAT WATCHES YOUNG PEOPLE CONSTANTLY, YET RARELY SEES THEM

Jannis Lenz

Nanni Moretti
...QUITE SIMPLY, IN THIRTY YEARS MY FILMS HAVE NEVER BEEN READY IN TIME FOR SUMMER.

Nanni Moretti

Andrea Pallaoro
THE ECHO CHAMBER IS ABOUT THE RESIDUES PEOPLE LEAVE INSIDE ONE ANOTHER – MEMORIES, WOUNDS, DESIRES, DEPENDENCIES – AND THE WAYS RELATIONSHIPS CAN BECOME SPACES OF BOTH REFUGE AND ENTRAPMENT

Andrea Pallaoro

Lee Chang-dong
NO MATTER HOW LABOUR,CAPITAL, OR OTHER FORCES SHAPE OUR LIVES, I BELIEVE WE CAN STILL MOVE TOWARD FREEDOM

Lee Chang-dong

Noel & Liam Gallagher
THE DOCUMENTARY, LIKE THE REUNION AND THE TOUR, TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN. IT IS ULTIMATELY A FILM ABOUT FORGIVENESS AND ACCEPTANCE, AND HOPEFULLY ONE THAT STRIKES A CHORD IN THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING

Noel & Liam Gallagher

Theo Rollason
I THINK DEREK JARMAN SHOWED THAT YOU CAN MAKE FIERCELY POLITICAL ART AND NOT SACRIFICE AN OUNCE OF CREATIVITY

Theo Rollason

Lance Oppenheim
I LIKED THE IDEA OF REVISITING THE MEDIA CULTURE OF THE EARLY 2000s, BEFORE THE NEWS LANDSCAPE FRACTURED, WHEN A “PRIMETIME” SLOT FELT LIKE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. FOR SOME, IT WAS

Lance Oppenheim

Nanni Moretti
IT’S A FILM ABOUT FEELINGS AND THE NEED TO NAME THEM: LETTING THEM SURFACE, UNRESERVEDLY ADMITTING THAT WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER, TELLING EACH OTHER WITHOUT SHAME THAT WE ARE IN LOVE

Nanni Moretti

JOHN MALKOVICH
I have no intention of retiring. As long as there are stories worth telling and directors worth working with, I'll keep going.

JOHN MALKOVICH

MARTIN MCDONAGH
In my movies I’m always questioning authority or what we have been told

MARTIN MCDONAGH

Takashi Miike

I INVITE YOU TO EXPERIENCE ON SCREEN THE PIERCING GAZE OF A DEMONIC INTENSITY THAT STRIKES THROUGH THE SOUL OF THOSE WHO WISH TO BE FREED FROM SHALLOW WORDS SUCH AS “MOVING”

Takashi Miike

Werner Herzog

IT’S THE SPIRIT OF THE FILM. LIKE OPEN HEART SURGERY, GOING TO THE ESSENTIALS RIGHT AWAY. ONE CAMERA, ONE TAKE (MAYBE TWO, OR THREE). THAT’S IT

Werner Herzog

Shinya Tsukamoto

WHILE IT IS NATURAL TO FEAR BECOMING A VICTIM OF WAR, THIS STORY MAKES US REALISE THAT BECOMING A PERPETRATOR IS JUST AS TERRIFYING

Shinya Tsukamoto

CÉDRIC KAHN

WE WANTED TO LISTEN TO THEIR VOICES. AND IT WAS FROM THOSE VOICES THAT THE SCREENPLAY EMERGED

CÉDRIC KAHN

Gianni Amelio
NESSUN DOLORE comes from a distant need: looking past the chronicle of the exodus in Lamerica, my film from thirty years back, left hanging on a ship in the middle of the Adriatic. What has really changed since? Just who is “the immigrant”?

Gianni Amelio

Alberto Barbera
Watching the two Mara sisters perform is utterly mesmerizing—they are magnificent. How Herzog pulled off keeping them in perfect sync throughout the entire film is beyond me: it’s crazy, borderline pathological.

Alberto Barbera

ALBERTO BARBERA
Wild Horse Nine is a masterclass in narrative intelligence. Equal parts delightful, hilarious, and deeply unsettling, it tackles things we basically already know about the CIA, but renders them completely fresh and utterly gripping

ALBERTO BARBERA

Maggie Gyllenhaal
How can we sit here talking about film right now when the world is falling apart? For me, it all comes down to empathy.

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Jim Jarmush
I don’t really know where the hell the story came from.

Jim Jarmush

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