To honor Redford and his work, the festival was opening with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, a 1969 classic movie in which he starred with Paul Newman. Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel were among celebrities and dignitaries to be present at the evening opening ceremony, organizers said.
Veteran Italian director Alberto Lattuada died last Sunday at the age of 91 in his country home outside Rome, relatives announced.
His funeral was held Tuesday in the Chiesa degli Artisti on the Piazza del Popolo.
In a career spanning over 40 years, he directed 32 films.
Born in Milan in 1914, he trained as an architect before going into cinema in the 1930s, initially designing sets.
His directorial debut came in 1942 with Giacomo l'Idealista. He went on to make Il Bandito in 1946 with Anna Magnani, for which Federico Fellini wrote the screenplay.
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