Venice Film Festival

The 63rd Venice Film Festival will be opened by the entertainment star Scarlett Johansson with the world premiere of her latest movie. The new film, Black Dahlia, is among 21 films up for the Golden Lion award, which was won last year by Brokeback Mountain. Dame Helen Mirren plays the title role in main British contender The Queen, a provocative look at the Royal Family. Rachel Weisz and Kenneth Branagh are among the stars expected to attend the 11-day entertainment event.

Adapted from the novel by James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia is based on the notorious unsolved murder of an aspiring actress in 1940s Los Angeles. The cast includes Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart and two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank. Together with The Queen, which dramatizes the Royal Family`s reaction to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, it is one of several films in this year`s competition line-up based on true events.

Screening outside the main competition is Infamous, the second film in the space of a year about US writer Truman Capote and his relationship with killer Perry Smith. New James Bond Daniel Craig plays Smith, the subject of Capote`s book In Cold Blood, while British actor Toby Jones portrays the author. Director David Lynch, who will be screening his latest work Inland Empire during the festival, will receive a lifetime achievement award. Seems like there is going to be enough entertainment on this year`s festival.

                                 

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