YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. French-Armenian filmmaker Robert Guédiguian’s 2017 film La Villa will be in competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival, according to the festival’s official website.
La Villa (English title: The House by the Sea) is set at a picturesque villa owned by an old man by a little bay near Marseille, according to Variety magazine. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris; Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age; and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseille to run the family’s small restaurant.
It is time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw into turmoil these moments of reflection in this magical place.
Guédiguian is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Most of his films—including La Villa—star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, “International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale”), founded in 1932, is the oldest film festival in the world and one of the “Big Three” film festivals alongside the Cannes Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival.
The 74th Venice International Film Festival is scheduled to be held Aug. 30-Sept. 9.
