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Timothee Chalamet as a love-sick cannibal, Harry Styles in his first leading role, Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe — a new generation of stars steps into the spotlight when the Venice Film Festival kicks off Wednesday.
Ninety years since its first edition, the world’s longest-running film event also boasts a raft of award-winning directors in its line-up this year.
Perhaps the most anticipated premiere will be for Monroe biopic “Blonde,” a dark retelling of the icon’s tragic life.
Its Australian director Andrew Dominik has, with typical modesty, declared it “a masterpiece” and it threatens to propel Armas from rising star to fully fledged A-lister.
Meanwhile, the army of Chalamet fans are ravenous for “Bones and All,” reuniting him with “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino for what is billed as a “cannibal romance.”
And the internet can barely contain itself over the premiere of “Don’t Worry Darling” starring Styles — one of the biggest-selling musicians in the world — alongside Florence Pugh in a thriller about an isolated 1950s community.
Amid a wave of rumors about its sex scenes and a supposed rivalry between Pugh and director Olivia Wilde (also Styles’ girlfriend), it is not yet known whether the singer will appear in Venice.
