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18 films chasing top prize at Venice Film Festival

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/09/02/la-biennale-di-venezia.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia Facebook Page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>VENICE -- The Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival that kicks off on Wednesday, will be awarded to one film among 18 contenders from across the globe.</p><p>Here are the films in the running:</p><div><strong>&#x27;Le Sorelle Macaluso&#x27; (The Macaluso Sisters): Italy</strong></div><p>Five sisters in Palermo reminisce, quibble and recount secrets as they reunite at a family funeral in Emma Dante&#x27;s film.</p><div><strong>&#x27;The World to Come&#x27;: US</strong></div><p>In Mona Fastwold&#x27;s upstate 19th century New York, Abigail (Katherine Waterston) tends a farm with her husband (Casey Affleck) but falls in love with a neighbor.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Nuevo Orden&#x27; (New Order): Mexico/France</strong></div><p>A dystopian film from Michel Franco depicts social and economic disparity in Mexico, as a well-to-do family seeks to escape the chaos of daily life.</p><div><strong> &#x27;Amants&#x27; (Lovers): France</strong></div><p>Nicole Garcia&#x27;s film tells the story of Lisa and Simon, lovers whose paths cross again 3 years after Simon fled Paris.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Laila in Haifa&#x27;: Israel/France</strong></div><p>Five women&#x27;s stories interweave in the course of one night at a Haifa club. As one of the few spaces where Israelis and Palestinians can mingle, director Amos Gitai turns the venue itself into a protagonist.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Dorogie Tovarischi!&#x27; (Dear Comrades!): Russia</strong></div><p>Based on the true story of a 1962 labor strike in Novocherkassk, USSR, in which 26 protesters were shot by Soviet troops. Andrei Konchalosky&#x27;s film retells events kept secret until the 1990s.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Spy No Tsuma&#x27; (Wife of a Spy): Japan</strong></div><p>Against the backdrop of a looming World War II and the invasion of Manchuria, a wife&#x27;s love for her Kobe merchant husband is tested when another woman enters the picture in Kiyoshi Kurosawa&#x27;s film.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Khorshid&#x27; (Sun Children): Iran</strong></div><p>Ali and his friends work small jobs and hustle to support their families. Majid Majidi&#x27;s film explores what happens when Ali learns of an underground treasure. </p><div><strong> &#x27;Pieces of a Woman&#x27;: Canada/Hungary</strong></div><p>Martha and Sean (Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf) are a Boston couple whose baby dies during a home birth. Director Kornel Mundruczo shows how grieving Martha navigates her relationships with her husband and mother (Ellen Burstyn), while facing the midwife (Molly Parker) in court.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Miss Marx&#x27;: Italy/Belgium</strong></div><p>Susanna Nicchiarelli tells the story of Eleanor, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, who battled for the rights of workers and women and the abolition of child labor.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Padrenostro&#x27;: Italy</strong></div><p>The life of 10-year-old Valerio is turned upside down when he and his mother witness a terrorist attack against his father. But director Claudio Noce explores how a chance encounter with a rebellious boy changes their lives.</p><div><strong> &#x27;Notturno&#x27;: Italy/France/Germany</strong></div><p>Shot over 3 years on the borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, Gianfranco Rosi&#x27;s documentary follows people trying to cobble together an existence despite the violence around them. </p><div><strong>&#x27;Sniegu Juz Nigby Nie Bedzie&#x27; (Never Gonna Snow Again): Poland/Germany </strong></div><p>A mysterious masseur from Ukraine, Zhenia becomes a guru for a spiritually barren gated community in this film by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert.</p><div><strong> &#x27;The Disciple&#x27;: India</strong></div><p>Director Chaitanya Tamhane tells the story of Sharad, chasing his dream of becoming an Indian classical vocalist amid the chaos of life in the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai. </p><div><strong>&#x27;Und Morgen die Ganze Welt&#x27; (And Tomorrow the Entire World): Germany/France</strong></div><p>In Julia von Heinz&#x27;s film, Luisa and her anti-fascist group question how far they&#x27;re willing to go to battle hatred after a wave of racist attacks strikes Germany.</p><div><strong>&#x27;Quo vadis, Aida?&#x27;: Bosnia-Herzegovina</strong></div><p>Based on true events in 1995 Bosnia. Aida is a translator in Srebrenica working for United Nations peacekeepers. When the Bosnian Serb army invades, she and thousands of others seek safety in the Dutch UN camp in Jasmila Zbanic&#x27;s film.</p><div><strong> &#x27;Nomadland&#x27;: US</strong></div><p>Director Chloe Zhao tells the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), who sets off from her impoverished Nevada town in her van to scratch out a living as a modern-day nomad.</p><div><strong> &#x27;In Between Dying&#x27;: Azerbaijan/US </strong></div><p>Davud is a restless young man on a journey of self-discovery through Hilal Baydarov&#x27;s film, keeping ahead of men pursuing him. When his journey ends at home, Davud finds the love he&#x27;s seeking -- but is it too late? </p>

<p>The Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival that kicks off on Wednesday, will be awarded to 1 film among 18 contenders from across the globe.</p>

The Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival that kicks off on Wednesday, will be awarded to 1 film among 18 contenders from across the globe.