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Opens the Venice film festival in 2016 with a film by Konchalovsky in the competition

73rd Venice film festival held on Lido island, begins its work: this year, among the twenty films in the main competition, there is one picture from Russia – “Paradise” by Andrei Konchalovsky. This year the jury was headed by Director Sam Mendes, and in the Commission there are stars like Chiara Mastroianni, Gemma Anderson and Nina Hoss.

Opens the Venice film festival in 2016 with a film by Konchalovsky in the competition

The opening film of the Venice film festival this year will be the musical romance “La La Land” Damien Chazelle, where the main role was played by Ryan Gosling and Emma stone. The program includes paintings by such recognized masters of cinema like françois Ozon, Emir Kusturica, Terrence Malick, WIM Wenders. Also on the show will be presented the second film of designer Tom Ford.

The trailer of the film “La La Land”
Special attention is given to the film “Paradise”, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The tape, which will also qualify for the “Golden lion”, was filmed by an international team and tells the story of a Russian emigrant, aristocrat and member of the French Resistance Olga (this role is played by Yuliya Vysotskaya), a French collaborator of Jules and German Helmut, a high-ranking SS officer.

Julia Vysotskaya and Andrei Konchalovsky at the filming of “Paradise”

PAINTINGS THAT have been INCLUDED IN the COMPETITION PROGRAM of the 73rd VENICE film FESTIVAL:”Paradise” (Russia/Germany), dir. Andrei Konchalovsky

“The arrival” (USA), dir. Denis Villeneuve

Franz (France/Germany), dir. François Ozon

“Jackie” (USA/Chile), dir. Pablo Larrain

“Blind Christ” (Chile/France), dir. Christopher Murray

Movie trailer “the Arrival”
“These days” (Italy), dir. By Giuseppe Piccioni

“Sulphur” (Holland/Germany/Belgium/France/UK/Sweden), dir. Martin Koolhoven

“The milky way” (Serbia/United Kingdom/USA), dir. Emir Kusturica

“Journey time” (USA/Germany), dir. Terrence Malick

“Happy days of Aranjuez” (France/Germany), dir. WIM Wenders

The trailer of the movie “Journey of time”
“Bad batch” (USA), dir. Ana Lily Amirpour

“The life of a woman” (France/Belgium), dir. Stephen Breeze

“La La Land” (USA), dir. Damien Of Sazell

“Light in the ocean” (USA/Australia/New Zealand), dir. Derek Cianfrance

Trailer for the movie “Light in the ocean”
“Known citizen” (Argentina/Spain), dir. Mariano Cohn, Gaston Veronika Duprat

“The surprising spiral (Spira Mirabilis) (Italy/Switzerland), dir. Massimo D Amalfi, Martina Parenti

“The woman who left” (Philippines), dir. Lav Diaz

“Wild district” (Mexico), dir. Amat Escalante

“Under cover of night” (USA), dir. Tom Ford

“Feather” (Italy), dir. Roan Johnson

A scene from the movie “Under cover of night”

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