Coen brothers to open Venice Film Festival
Oscar-winning brothers Joel and Ethan Coen's new dark spy comedy will open this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said.
Burn After Reading boasts a stellar cast including the likes of Hollywood heartthrobs George Clooney and Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins and Tilda Swinton, who scooped a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Michael Clayton earlier this year.
Organisers said that the movie will have its world premiere on August 27.
The film tells the story of an ousted CIA official whose memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two Washington DC gym employees.
The festival culminates on September 6 with the awarding of the prestigious Golden Lion. The official line-up will be announced in late July.
The 65th Venice International Film Festival will take place from August 27 to September 6.
In February this year, the Coens won the directing award at the Oscars for No Country For Old Men.
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