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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Oscar Isaac, actor of the series Scenes from a Marriage.

Oscar Isaac is the man of the hour. He talks to FRED in the 78th Mostra de Venezia, where he’s premiering The card counter [Paul Schrader], Dune [Denis Villeneuve] or this Scenes from a marriage, a revision of the classic by Ingmar Bergman. The actor talks about his work with Jessica Chastain and the new model of masculinity depicted in the series.

Scenes from a Marriage: Hagai Levi’s modern adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic Swedish series, ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ stars double Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain as Mira a confident, ambitious tech executive left unfulfilled by her marriage and Oscar Isaac as Jonathan, an accommodating, intellectual philosophy professor desperate to keep their relationship intact. A captivating re-examination of the dilemmas explored in the original, the five episode limited series flips the script on traditional gender roles to explore love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.

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PODCAST | David Martos interviews Jessica Chastain, actress of the series Scenes from a Marriage.

Jessica Chastain faces a huge year in Hollywood, and she talks to FRED about it while presenting in Venice the limited HBO series Scenes from a marriage, directed by Hagai Levy. Chastain talks about her work with Oscar Isaac and how her character portraits a different kind of woman, set in the 21st century.

Scenes from a Marriage: Hagai Levi’s modern adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic Swedish series, Scenes from a marriage stars double Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain as Mira a confident, ambitious tech executive left unfulfilled by her marriage and Oscar Isaac as Jonathan, an accommodating, intellectual philosophy professor desperate to keep their relationship intact. A captivating re-examination of the dilemmas explored in the original, the five episode limited series flips the script on traditional gender roles to explore love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Rebecca Ferguson, actress of the film Dune.

Rebecca Ferguson plays Jessica, in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. She is the mother of the Duke Paul, but not only that. Talking with her, we discover many other aspects of her character and of the whole film, and some curiosity of the shooting as well.

Dune: An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the moment when his professional choices are about to overwhelm them all. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are in the process of separating, their love irretrievably damaged by pressures of work. An executive working for an industrial conglomerate, Philippe no longer knows how to respond to the contradictory demands of his bosses. Yesterday they wanted a manager, today an executioner. Now he must decide what his life really means.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Kirsten Dunst, actress of the film The Power Of The Dog.

Kirsten Dunst is a funny woman, with a shining smile and a great wit. She talks with Angelo Acerbi about her role in Jane Campion’s The Power of The Dog, Rose. She could not be a more different woman than Rose, but passion and some acting tricks can do the work, as she explains.

The Power of the Dog: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

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PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Benedict Cumberbatch, actor of the film The Power Of The Dog.

An interesting talk with Benedict Cumberbatch about his role in Jane Campion’s The Power of The Dog. He plays Paul, the rude, apparently malevolent cowboy who haunts the life of his brother’s wife and her son. This is a role with many layers and hidden sensibility. And Benedict knows how to play it.

The Power of the Dog: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Angelo Acerbi. In this episode, we talk about some of the major films that have been screening in Venice recently, including: The King of Laughter by Mario Martoni and starring one of Italy’s finest actors of today, Toni Servillo; Orizzonti gem White Building, directed by Kavich Neang and produced by Jia Zhangke; Old Henry, Venezia 78’s action Western directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Tim Blake Nelson, and more.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Angelo Acerbi. In this episode, we talk about some of the major films that were recently presented at the festival, including: former Golden Lion winner Lorenzo Vigas’ latest work, The Box; competition feature Happening, directed by Audrey Diwann; Orizzonti section gem Once Upon a Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta and more.

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PODCAST | Nicolò Comotti interviews Mohamed Diab, director of the film Amira.

Mohamed Diab, director of Clash and Cairo 6,7,8 is now in Venice with his latest film Amira, in the festival’s Orizzonti section. Talking about identity, borders and motherhood, Diab shows us his desire to learn and understand about humanity within one of the most tragic conflicts of our time.

Amira, a 17-year-old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar’s infertility, Amira’s world turns upside down.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Angelo Acerbi. In this episode, we talk about some of the major features that recently premiered at the festival, including: Sundown by Michel Franco; Ana Lily Amirpour’s latest, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon; Bogdan George Apetri’s Orizzonti gem, Miracol and more.

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PODCAST | Live from the 78th Venice Film Festival, it’s the BIG FRED VENICE! A daily journal from the oldest and one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world with news, reviews and all kinds of fun stuff, hosted by Matt Micucci and Nicolò Comotti. In this episode, we talk about some of the major movies recently screened at the festival, including: Official Competition, starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas; Three Minutes – A Lengthening, a one-of-a-kind documentary by director Bianca Stigter from the Giornate Degli Autori; Edgar Wright’s latest Last Night in Soho and more.

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