Kenneth Branagh is presenting a remake of the 1972 film Sleuth, with Michael Caine appearing, this time as a wealthy writer engaged in a battle of wits with a young actor having an affair with his wife. Jude Law reprises Caine's 1972 role as the younger man.
Asia is, as always, well-represented in Venice, with four movies in the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike will be showing his Sukiyaki Western Django, a Japanese interpretation of the Italian Spaghetti Western of the 1960s and 1970s - a complement to the Spaghetti Western retrospective being held on the festival sidelines.
American director Tim Burton will be presented with a Golden Lion for lifetime achievement by Johnny Depp, who starred in such Burton creations as Edward Scissorhands.
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