Penélope Cruz will be back in Venice with her film about Enzo Ferrari

The actress, who in the 2021 edition was recognized with the Volpi Cup in Venice for Parallel Motherswill return to the next edition of the festival (number 80) with a new film about Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the iconic team. The one in Alcobendas shares leadership with Adam Driver. The film is directed by Michael manwho competes for the Golden Lion.

Our most international actress will once again show off her best clothes at the festival, which will start on August 30 and end on September 9. Last year, the Oscar-winning interpreter presented in the marginsJuan Diego Botto’s debut feature in which he led the cast with Luis Tosar. It was not the only film that led to the Mostra. Also Italian drama The immensityof Emanuele Crialese. In 2021, as we said, he took home the Volpi Cup (below image) for the film by Pedro Almodovar Parallel Mothers. For this same tape, she competed with the Oscar for Best Actress.

In Ferrarithe protagonist of Return o Vicky Cristina Barcelona she puts herself in the shoes of the wife of the Italian Enzo Ferrari, Laura Dominica. The film reflects the strong crisis that the couple went through in full mourning for the death of their son Dino and also focuses on the threat of bankruptcy that caused the car company to falter at the end of the 1950s.

During the recordings last year in the Italian municipality of Maranello, the first images of Javier Bardem’s wife embodying this character came to light. Patrick Dempsey, Jack O’Connell, Sarah Gordon y Gabriel Leone complete the cast.

The Venice Film Festival celebrates its 80th edition

This new edition is marked by the strike of American actors, which seriously shakes the celebration of the festival with total normality. The opening film Challengers, by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, already announced its withdrawal from the festival last week.

The filmmakers Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, Michael Mann and David Fincher will compete with their respective films for the Golden Lion, as announced by the organizers on Tuesday, July 25. copper races Maestro (on the figure of the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein), Coppola will premiere Priscilla (about Elvis Presley’s wife), Fincher will present The killer (starring Michael Fassbender), and Mann will try to win the award with Ferrari.