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Venice Film Festival Honors Bernardo Bertolucci

Updated 2026-09-09 12:40 UTC 1 source Neutral

Luca Guadagnino’s 426-minute documentary essay, 'Joie de Vivre,' was screened at the Venice Film Festival as a tribute to the late Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci. The film is described as an endurance test for festival-goers.

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‘Joie de Vivre. Notes, Thoughts, Words, Reflections, Faces, And Visions Concerning Bernardo Bertolucci And The Cinephilia Of The 20th Century That No Longer Exists’ Review: So Long, Maestro! – Venice Film Festival

Ostensibly a tribute to the late Bernardo Bertolucci (1941-2018), the one-time giant of Italian cinema whose star has waned somewhat in recent years, Luca Guadagnino’s 426-minute docu-essay — nearly twice as long as Alex Gibney’s Musk — is the endurance test of this year’s Venice Film Festival. Surp

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