white noisewritten and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the opening film, in competition, of Venice 79the festival led by Alberto Barbera that will take place from August 31 to September 10, 2022. This is the return of Noah Baumbach to the Lido, after the presentation of Marriage Story in 2019.
The same director Alberto Barbera stated:
It is a great honor to open the 79th Venice Film Festival with White Noise. It was worth the wait to make sure the film was done on time. Based on Don DeLillo’s great novel, Baumbach has created an original, ambitious and compelling work, which plays with measure on several registers: dramatic, ironic, satirical. The result is a film that explores our obsessions, doubts and fears rooted in the 1980s, but with very clear references to contemporary reality.
While the director added:
It’s really great to be back at the Venice Film Festival and it’s an incredible honor to bring White Noise as the opening film. This is a place that loves cinema so much, and it is a thrill and a privilege to join the incredible filmmakers who have presented their films here.
White Noise will be screened on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), on the opening night of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. White Noise is distributed by Netflix.
This is the summary:
Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise describes the attempts of a contemporary American family to deal with the worldly conflicts of everyday life, grappling with the universal mysteries of love and death, and the possibility of happiness. in an uncertain world. Based on Don DeLillo’s book, written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach, produced by Noah Baumbach (pga) and David Heyman (pga). Produced by Uri Singer.
Source: Lega Nerd
