Tonight in Venice, the grand opening of the 65 International Film Festival, the oldest forum, the story of which not so long ago, we told you. And although the festival has not yet officially started, the events for it have already begun.
Yesterday at the Cipriani Hotel a charity evening took place to help residents of Darfur, the region in the west of Sudan, involved in the interethnic conflict. The reception was visited by the stars of the first magnitude.
One of the first to come to the Cipriani hotel was the chairman of the jury of the film festival, director of the film "The sky above Berlin", Vim Wenders with his wife Donata:
Wim Wenders
Behind him appeared designer Manuel Malenotti, dressing Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and other Hollywood stars. The young man was in the company of the Italian singer Lola Ponche:
Manuel Malenotti and Lola Ponche
The editor of the Italian Vogue Frank Socialist Party posed for photographers with the wife of the head of Pirelli, Afef Tronchetti Verification:
Frank Socials and Afef Tronchetti Check
Afef Tronchetti check
The former lover of Linda Evangelists, the oil tycoon Evo Bracetti Peretti, was accompanied by Isabella Borromeo:
Hugo Brachetti Peretti and Isabella Borromeo
Italian actress Titian Rockka
But, of course, the most popular among photographers were George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Clooney has recently disappeared in Italy, and Pitt specially arrived in Venice for film forum.
George Clooney
George Clooney
George Clooney and Brad Pitt
Today the festival will open an out -of -competition show of the film of the Cohen brothers "Burn after reading" with Brad Pitt in one of the main roles.
The opening ceremony will be, as we promised, Ksenia Rappoport. Yesterday afternoon she posed for photographers at the ExcelSior Hotel:
Let me remind you that in the main competition program the Russian tape claims to be a prize "Paper soldier".
Let’s hope that the drama of Alexei German Jr. will be able to stand out with dignity against the backdrop of comedies, which this year, as promised by the artistic director of the festival Marco Muller, will be most of all.
Marco Müller
Tonight, more than a thousand guests of the festival will go to the beach, where a grandiose party dedicated to the opening of the 65th International Venice Film Festival is planned.