07 · 28 · 16 La región salvaje by Amat Escalante will compete in Venice 2016 Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard The Venice Film Festival revealed the films that will compose the Official Competition of its 73rd edition, which will take place from August 31 to September 10, 2016. The most recent film by Amat Escalante, La región salvaje, is included in the International Competition for the Golden Lion. This section also includes films by other important directors such as Emir Kusturica, Terrence Malick and Wim Wenders. La región salvaje is set in a city of the Mexican Bajío (center of the country). A mysterious woman, Verónica, descends from the mountains near a place where a meteorite fell and enters the lives of a couple in crisis, Ángel and Alejandra, who struggle to find one another but who, at the same time, cannot avoid self-destruction in the process. Something out of this world arrives to alter their lives. Amat Escalante’s most recent film is a co-production between Mexico, Denmark, France and Norway. The film has a special Danish participation, since the director of photography is Manuel Alberto Claro, who has worked in Lars Von Trier’s latest films. These are the films that compose the Venice 2016 Official Selection: La La Land, by Damien Chazelle (USA) The Bad Batch, by Ana Lily Amirpour (USA) Une Vie, by Stephane Brizé (France, Belgium) The Light Between Oceans, by Derek Cianfrance (USA, Australia, New Zealand) El ciudadano ilustre, by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat (Argentine, Spain) Spira Mirabilis, by Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti (Italy, Switzerland) The Woman Who Left, by Lav Diaz (Philippines) La región salvaje, by Amat Escalante (Mexico) Nocturnal Animals, by Tom Ford (USA) Piuma, by Roan Johnson (Italy) Paradise, by Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia, Germany) Brimstone, by Martin Koolhoven (Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Sueden) On the Milky Road, by Emir Kusturica (Serbia, United Kingdom, USA) Jackie, by Pablo Larraín (USA, Chile) Voyage of Time, by Terrence Malick (USA, Germany) El Cristo ciego, by Christopher Murray (Chile, France) Frantz, by François Ozon (France) Questi Giorni, by Giuseppe Piccioni (Italy) Arrival, by Denis Villeneuve (USA) The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez, by Wim Wenders (France, Germany)
