Russian director Alexander Sokurov's Faust won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival. It tells the tale of a professor, played by Johannes Zeiler, who craves knowledge and sells his soul for the love of a woman, played by Isolda Dychauk. Apparently, the weak global economy has altered the value of souls too.
Venice Film Festival president Roberto Cicutto kept an open mind to partnering with Cannes depending on their decisions while he expects the turnout to be small
With Roma walking away with the Golden Lion, which other movies at the Venice Film Festival helped their Oscar chances?
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A24 has acquired U.S. rights to Paul Schrader’s thriller First Reformed which stars Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried.
Crazy Russians: selling a soul for the love of a woman. I mean, them and Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled.