Wed, September 02, 2009
The 2009 Venice film festival, which runs from September 2-12, opens Wednesday.
Following are the films in the main competition, with the title, director, main production country and some of the top stars listed. Dozens more are shown in other sections at the annual event.
1. SOUL KITCHEN/Fatih Akin/Germany
2. LA DOPPIA ORA/Giuseppe Capotondi/Italy
3. ACCIDENT (YI NGOI)/Pou-Soi Cheang/Hong Kong
4. PERSECUTION/Patrice Chereau/France
(Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg)
5. LO SPAZIO BIANCO/Francesca Comencini/Italy
6. WHITE MATERIAL/Claire Denis/France
(Isabelle Huppert)
7. MR. NOBODY/Jaco van Dormael/France
(Jared Leto, Diane Kruger)
8. A SINGLE MAN/Tom Ford/U.S.
(Colin Firth, Julianne Moore)
9. LOURDES/Jessica Hausner/Austria
10. BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS/Werner Herzog/U.S.
(Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer)
11. THE ROAD/Joah Hillcoat/U.S.
(Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall)
12. BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (AHASIN WETEI) Vimukthi Jayasundara/Sri Lanka
13. THE Traveller (AL MOSAFER)/Ahmed Maher/Egypt
(Omar Sharif)
14. LEBANON (LEVANON)/Samuel Maoz/Israel
15. CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY/Michael Moore/U.S.
16. WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (ZANAN BEDOONE MARDAN)/Shirin Neshat/Germany
17. IL GRANDE SOGNO/Michele Placido/Italy
18. 36 VUES DU PIC SAINT LOUP/Jacques Rivette/France
(Jane Birkin)
19. SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD/George Romero/U.S.
20. LIFE DURING WARTIME/Todd Solondz/U.S.
(Charlotte Rampling, Ally Sheedy)
21. BAARIA/Giuseppe Tornatore/Italy
(Monica Bellucci)
22. TETSUO THE BULLET MAN/Shinya Tsukamoto/Japan
23. PRINCE OF TEARS (LEI WANGZI)/Yonfan/Taiwan/Hong Kong/China
Source: www.labiennale.org
(Agencies)
