*Director Paolo Sorrentino meets his fans on the red carpet of La Biennale di Venezia, photo by © Jacopo Salvi, ASAC*

The Venice Diaries: Paolo Sorrentino kicks off 82nd Venice Film Festival with a film about love

E. Nina Rothe August 28, 2025

Love in all its forms, from messy to romantic, is at the core of Sorrentino’s profound film ‘La Grazia’, his most awardable since ‘La Grande Bellezza’, and at the Opening Ceremony of this year’s La Biennale, it proved an emotional affair.

The Perfect Candidate by Haifaa al-Mansour

The Venice Diaries: 'The Perfect Candidate' and 'Marriage Story' -- what a way to start it off!

E. Nina Rothe August 30, 2019

What a rollercoaster this has been.

The last couple of months feel like a dream to me. And not a good one. Anyway, cinema always puts me back together, at least films like these do. They somehow erase the cynic in me, and recharge the woman and lover who has been wronged by the world.

The Diaries, because sometimes life needs more.

The Venice Diaries: Paolo Sorrentino kicks off 82nd Venice Film Festival with a film about love

The Venice Diaries: 'The Perfect Candidate' and 'Marriage Story' -- what a way to start it off!

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