Eddie Redmayne’s "Danish Girl" gets standing ovation at Venice Film Fest September 7, 2015 - 11:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Despite being criticized for casting Eddie Redmayne as "The Danish Girl", the film was highly appreciated at its Venice International Film Festival premiere. The period transgender drama received a 10-minute standing ovation on Saturday, September 5 at the prestigious Italian event, according to AceShowbiz. The acknowledgement is not a common thing to happen for a film in the Sala Grande, Deadline reported. The audience were so impressed by director Tom Hooper's work that there wasn't dry eyes in the house. The movie paves the way for Redmayne to shine during the upcoming awards season. Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, "The Danish Girl" tells the story of a married man who begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe. Ultimately, Elbe becomes the first ever recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery, and the wife supports her decision. "Eddie was my instinctive choice," Hooper told reporters at the festival. "I've worked with him before (and) I'm incredibly excited by him as an actor. ...I do think there's something in Eddie that's drawn to the feminine." Redmayne's co-star Alicia Vikader is also getting an Oscar buzz for her role as Elbe's wife Gerda. The film is scheduled to be released in limited theaters on November 27 by Focus Features.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
