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Year of production : 2023

Director(s) : Baptiste ETCHEGARAY, Giuseppe BUCCHI
Cast : Monica BELLUCI, Juliette BINOCHE, Cate BLANCHETT, Penélope CRUZ, Virginie EFIRA, Isabelle HUPPERT, Alba ROHRWACHER, Tilda SWINTON, Pedro ALMODOVAR, Marco BELLOCCHIO, Damien CHAZELLE, Audrey DIWAN, Luca GUADAGNINO, Alberto BARBERA, Roberto CICUTTO

The world's oldest film festival was born in 1932 in Venice.In 80 editions, the Mostra has shown the films of the greatest filmmakers, from Fellini to Scorsese, from Varda to Kubrick. The red carpet of the Serenissima has been walked on by the stars of the whole century, from Italy of course (Monica Vitti, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni…) but also from Europe, Asia and America, from Greta Garbo to Catherine Deneuve... It was Venice, when the cinema born some thirty years earlier was coming to maturity, that invented the idea of competition between films and the prize list. The "race" immediately fascinated journalists and critics who, since then, have been waiting for the award ceremony with the impatience of a soccer match and can spend hours arguing after the jury's verdict. All in all prestigious, scandalous, and precursory the Mostra has never stopped roaring, like the winged Lion that watches over the city, a symbol of power and majesty dominating the Grand Canal from St. Mark's Square. As it prepares to celebrate its 80th curtain raiser, it is time for the great hours of this great lady to be told. This documentary takes us on a journey through the great story of the Mostra, rich in archives and in new testimonies that highlight the festival's key moments, the great shocks of cinema and what makes Venice unique on the world map of the 7th art.