Gondolas and red carpets can mean only one thing. Venice Film Festival is set to kick off for its 72nd edition.
The quest for the golden lion is on with an eclectic range of cinematic offerings, but a high-altitude thriller hopes to wow on the opening night.
Festival director Alberto Barbera explains why they chose the adventure to open the proceedings.
“Because it’s a sort of a special category of films, it has to be spectacular enough, not too violent because the audience of the opening night is different from the rest of the festival, it’s made of guests; representatives of the public institutions, authorities, whatever, not cinephiles, not really cinephiles so you have to find a mix of elements that combine the many expectations of the audience.”
Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, is based on the 1996 climbers’ disaster on the world’s highest peak. It focuses on two expedition groups’ battles to survive the elements.
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