The 76th Venice Film Fest kicked
off Wednesday night with Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu's
'The Truth' starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche in a
tale of a stormy reunion between a daughter and her actress
mother against the backdrop of the star's latest role in a
sci-fi picture as a mother who never grows old.
The film, in which Deneuve said she "reveals(s) a lot of
myself", was greeted with warm applause.
The first night also saw a row over Roman Polanski, whose new
film 'J'Accuse', taken from about the Robert Harris bestseller
on the Dreyfus Affair, is one of the most eagerly awaited works
at the Lido.
Jury chair Lucrecia Martel, an Argentinian director, refused
to attend an opening-night dinner with Polanski, who has been
convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in the United States in
1977.
But Martel said she had "no prejudice" against Polanski's
film, which will be shown on August 30.
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