Grand finale with the filmmakers of the Rising Sun John Woo and Takashi Kitano who close this multi-faceted Venetian Mostra with a disappointing appendix from France

Lido di Venezia Luigi Noera with the kind collaboration of Marina fearful - Photo courtesy of Biennale.

In the penultimate day of the show we saw two French films by first or at least a co-production. The first of youngster XAVIER LEGRAND that with TO GUARD analyzes from a cinematic point of view impeccably pain of separated children with a final at once dramatic and liberating, and the other the new lever with which ANDREA Pallaoro HANNAH There always tells of the pain suffered by teenagers dysfunctional families. And if abuses are grandparents there to horrify. But not only for the fact itself but also to the lack of any concatenation logical connection of the script is empty. If it were not for the great actor Charlotte Rampling and attornno empty if you do not like capiscde is selected.

Alberto Barbera has delegated to the large Japanese production the grand finale which will take place this evening with the film out of competition Takeshi Kitano entitled that tells us with a blaze of colors the Japanese police grueling fight with the local mafia Yakuzi in a flurry of shootings, pursuits in the modern metropolis where you go from party to party. This is a genre much like us too. In fact ever since the Rising Sun John Woo presented last night where instead of the usual mafia there are the shady dealings of a powerful pharmaceutical industry. The investigator usually always chases even on jet skis, shootings, revels in extremely luxurious hotels in Osaka will solve more than one case of murder and maloaffare.

Returning to Italy always out of competition one of many Neapolitan authors present this year with a play directed by Antonietta De Lillo with MR ROTPETER reviewed by Marina fearful (REVIEW) and followed by debate ABEL FERRARA which has a PIAZZA VITTORIO in which many Romans do not recognize. Finally, always out of competition MICHAËL R. THE ROSKAM presented Fidele a love story that we tell you not the final between a handsome bandit by profession and a young beautiful and rich daughter of a captain of industry with a passion for motor racing. Having to choose the breeders have good reason assigned to a place out of competition.

Horizons For the last two films. The first of the young Iranian Ali Asgari that with NAPADID SHODAN (DISAPPEARANCE) port selection in the idea of ​​a previous short. And 'the plight of Iranian women in Iran to which their choices depend on fathers, brothers by their husbands. The director in the Q&A explained that it is the contrast between the tradition of the older and the younger generations. We would like to point out that in that country the film has little room to highlight the absurdity that between "integrity" of a woman and her health is inclined to the first. We wonder but the Hippocratic oath is also true in Iran? From Germany with RICK OSTERMANN WAR It tells us with a dual script the absurdity of each also private war. Between isolated mountains of the Alps takes place the drama of a parent to whom because of the wars, those of today, the family ties were torn. Not only the young son but also the wife's mother fell into depression. Too bad that is not convincing final.

Even today we can say that the best films are passed in the autonomous selection on the fringes of the Venice Days now in its 14th edition. And so even for the winning film of the Colombian JOHNNY HENDRIX Hinestroza that CANDELARIA It tells the story of two elderly Cubans living, indeed they survive in the Castro Havana that after the fall of the Berlin Wall suffers a deep economic crisis. The couple literally starving but love and a video camera redeems them. A delightful story where cinema comes powerfully as a character along with the two protagonists. We then recovered from selecting a film that tells the story oldest Nasser of Egypt and King Farauk first through the story of a famous singer of OUM Kulthum. The director Shirin NESHAT fact presents LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM a movie in the movie. And then it is not only the status of women in Egypt of the last century, but also of today's woman, in this case the director of the film in the film. It runs the obligation to point out that in addition to the extraordinary character voiced by an essential element of the film is the photograph with you with pleasant play of light and mirrors.

In the other SIC independent section was repeated the winning film of this year Argentina's NATALIA Garagiola which deals with TEMPORADA DE CAZA the biological father and foster father relationship with a young mother who remained orphaned. Unfortunately, the script has a structure in some incomprehensible verses like other films of this selection.

Let us finally to our ranking where favorites in alphabetical order:

AI WEIWEI con HUMAN FLOW Germania, Usa, 140’

GUILLERMO DEL TORO con THE SHAPE OF WATER Usa con una splendida Sally Hawkins

KOREEDA HIROKAZU con SANDOME NO SATSUJIN (THE THIRD MURDER) Japan, 124'With many good Fukuyama Masaharu, Yakusho Koji, Hirose Suzu

SAMUEL MAOZ FOXTROT with Israel, Germany, France, Switzerland, 113’con Lior Ashkenazi, Sarah Adler, Yonatan Shiray

VIVIAN THAT – JIA NIAN HUA (ANGELS WEAR WHITE) China, France, 107'With two young promises Wen Qi, Zhou Meijun, Shi Ke, Geng Le, Liu Weiwei, Peng Jing

From the rumors, however, we mention also critical MANETTI BROS. And with AMMORE UNDERWORLD Italy, al quinto posto e MARTIN MCDONAGH con THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Britain, 110'Even in first place.

Finally, I wonder if Paolo Virzì with THE LEISURE SEEKER Italy, It will get an acknowledgment by the jury chaired by actress Annette Bening?