Venice Film Festival for Italians
by Andre Soares
"Venice disappoints our cinema," Rome’s La Repubblica heralded on its front page.
Apparently, some nativist elements in the Italian press want a clause added to the voting rules and regulations of the Venice Film Festival to ensure that the local product will somehow emerge victorious every few years. In fact, La Repubblica had stated on Saturday that festival heads Davide Croff and Marco Muller could be axed "by vindictive powers" if Gianni Amelio’s Le Chiavi di casa / The House Keys wasn’t picked as the Golden Lion winner.
Whether or not Croff and Muller will lose their heads (or be drowned in the lagoon, as per Harvey Weinstein’s threat), future Venice jurors better beware.
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