Washington DC [US], September 3: On Saturday night, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski's picture 'The Palace' received a 3-minute standing ovation at the Venice Picture Festival.
Swati Bhat
Polanski directed the black comedy from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska, according to Variety. "The Palace" takes place on New Year's Eve 1999, when a dinner party at the Gstaad Palace Hotel in Switzerland takes an unexpected turn.
Oliver Masucci, Fanny Ardant, John Cleese, Bronwyn James, Joaquim de Almeida, Luca Barbareschi, Milan Peschel, Fortunato Cerlino, Mickey Rourke, Alexander Petrov, and Viktor Dobronravov are among the cast members. Irina Kastrinidis, Olga Kent, Naike Anna Silipo, Matthew T. Reynolds, Teco Celio, Marina Strakhova, Michelle Shapa, Danylo Kotov, and Davide Gagliardi are among those who have participated.
'The Palace' set designer Tonino Zera won Venice's Campari Passion for Film award from creative director Alberto Barbera before the film's debut, according to Variety. Polanski has a history with Venice, having shown his 2011 feature 'Carnage,' starring Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster, as well as 2019's 'An Officer and a Spy,' according to Variety.
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