62nd Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion Line-Up
by Andre Soares
Among the films in competition at the 62nd Venice Film Festival are Patrice Chéreau’s Gabrielle, starring Isabelle Huppert; Abel Ferrara’s Mary, starring Juliette Binoche and Matthew Modine; Terry Gilliam’s The Brothers Grimm, with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger; and Fernando Meirelles’s The Constant Gardener, with Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.
AltFG Quiz of the Day: What was the first film ever screened at the Venice Film Festival — long before it became a competitive event?
62nd Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Line-Up:

Pupi AVATI La seconda notte di nozze Italy 103′
Cast: Antonio Albanese, Katia Ricciarelli, Neri Marcorè

João BOTELHO O Fatalista Portugal/France 99′
Cast: Rogério Samora, André Gomes, Rita Blanco

Laurent CANTET Vers le sud France/Canada 105′
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Karen Young, Louise Portal

Patrice CHÉREAU Gabrielle France/Italy 90′
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Thierry Hancisse

George CLOONEY Good Night and Good Luck USA 90′
Cast: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr, Patricia Clarkson

Cristina COMENCINI La Bestia nel cuore Italy 112′
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro

Roberto FAENZA I Giorni dell’abbandono Italy 96′
Cast: Margherita Buy, Luca Zingaretti, Goran Bregovic

Abel FERRARA Mary Italy/USA 83′
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Matthew Modine, Forest Whitaker

Philippe GARREL Les Amants réguliers France/Italy 178′
Cast: Louis Garrel, Clothilde Hesme, Julien Lucas

Alexey GERMAN JR Garpastum Russia 114′
Cast: Chulpan Khamatova, Evgeny Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky

Terry GILLIAM The Brothers Grimm UK 120′
Cast: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Pryce, Monica Bellucci

Stanley KWAN Changhen ge China/Hong Kong 120′
Cast: Sammi Cheng, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Jun Hu

Ang LEE Brokeback Mountain US / Canada 134′
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams, Anne Hathaway

John MADDEN Proof UK/USA 100′
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins

Fernando MEIRELLES The Constant Gardener UK/Kenya/Germany 128′
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé, Sidede Onyulo

Manoel de OLIVEIRA Espelho mágico Portugal 137′
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Marisa Paredes, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trepa

PARK Chan-wook Chin-jeol-han Geum-ja-ssi / Sympathy for Lady Vengeance Korea 112′
Cast: Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kwon Yea-young, Kim Si-hu, Nam Il-woo

John TURTURRO Romance & Cigarettes USA 115′
Cast: James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken

Krzysztof ZANUSSI Persona non grata Poland/Russia/Italy 110′
Cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Nikita Mikhalkov, Jerzy Stuhr, Remo Girone
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Quiz Answer: The first film to be shown in the history of the Venice festival was Rouben Mamoulian’s still highly effective Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, screened at 9:15 p.m. on 6 August, 1932. The film stars Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and Rose Hobart.
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