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Madres Paralelas

by Pedro Almodovar,

The Power of the Dog

by Jane Campion and three French films in particular will be in competition at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which will be held from September 1 to 11, the organizers announced on Monday.

Madres Paralelas

, with Penelope Cruz and Rossy De Palma, will open the festival.

Pedro Almodovar, 71, received a Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion in 2019.

Jane Campion, Palme d'Or at Cannes with

The Piano Lesson

in 1993, returns to the cinema for the first time since 2009 with a feature film due to be released on Netflix.

The dog of power

(

The power of the dog

) is adapted from a book by Don Winslow (

The dog's claw

, in French), which deals with drug trafficking between Mexico and the United States, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst.

Stéphane Brizé, Xavier Giannoli and Audrey Diwan selected

Three French films aspire to the Golden Lion: 

Another World

by Stéphane Brizé with Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain,

Lost Illusions

by Xavier Giannoli and

The Event

by Audrey Diwan.

Five Italian productions will also be in the running, a record: 

America Latina

by Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo,

Il buco

by Michelangelo Frammartino,

Freaks out

by Gabriele Mainetti,

Qui rido io

by Mario Martone,

E stata la mano di dio

by Paolo Sorrentino.

The other films selected are

Mona Lisa and the blood moon

by American Ana Lily Amirpour,

The lost daughter

by American Maggie Gyllenhaal,

On the job: the missing 8

by Filipino Erik Matti,

Leaves no trace

by Pole Jan P. Matuszynski ,

Captain Volkonogov escaped

by Russian Natasha Merkulova,

The card counter

by American Paul Schrader,

Reflection

by Ukrainian Valentyn Vasyanovych.

Virginie Efira member of the jury

Latin American cinema will also be well represented with

Competencia Oficial

by Argentinian Gaston Duprat with Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas,

Sundown

by Mexican Michel Franco with Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg,

Spencer

by Chilean Pablo Larrain and

La caja

by Venezuelan Lorenzo Vigas.

The South Korean director of

Parasite

, Bong Joon-ho, will chair the jury which will include French actress Virginie Efira and Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao.

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