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Venice Film Festival Day 1: First Covid-Era Fest Underway With Sparsely Populated Theaters & An Allegorical Film For The Covid Era

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Andreas Wiseman International EditorAfter more than six month of struggle for the film industry, this morning saw the first major movie event return as Venice staged its first press screenings for opening film Lacci and Greek drama Apples.What a difference a year makes.

Last year’s screenings of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth were largely full. Today’s screenings were sparsely attended with plenty of empty seats, a strange sight on the first day of the usually packed festival.

It wasn’t only the social distancing measures. Attendance looks to be significantly down. I would say my screening of Apples was a tenth full at best.

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