The Venice Film Festival has unveiled its lineup for September, and among the headline titles are a four-hour documentary about Elon Musk and Martin McDonagh’s dark CIA comedy, according to ABC News.
The festival’s 83rd edition includes a mix of international and American films, with works featuring Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem also set to premiere. Alberto Barbera, the festival’s artistic director, announced the lineup Thursday.
One of the higher-profile competition entries is “Wild Horse Nine,” which stars John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents in Chile before the 1973 coup. Pattinson appears in “Primetime,” a film in which he plays Chris Hansen, the host of “To Catch a Predator.”
Other films in competition include Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard,” Florian Zeller’s “Bunker,” Lee Chang-dong’s “Possible Love,” Stéphane Brizé’s “A Good Little Soldier” and Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back.” The festival will open Sept. 2 with Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” and the Golden Lion will be awarded by a jury led by filmmaker and actor Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Venice also plans several documentary premieres out of competition, including Alex Gibney’s “Musk” and Julia Loktev’s “My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,” which runs 355 minutes. The festival will also honor Ellen Burstyn and George Clooney with lifetime achievement awards, according to ABC News.
