There is no reason to boycott the actors because of Gaza, says director Schnabel in Venice

The American director Julian Schnabel criticized the appeals so that two of the stars of his latest film, Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler, do not attend the Venice Film Festival due to his support for Israel.

Last month, a collective of hundreds of personalities from the cinematographic sector, Venice4alestine, asked the Festival to take a position stopped at war in Gaza.

Subsequently, the group asked the Israeli actress Gadot and British Butler, who participated in a fundraising campaign for the Israeli defense forces (IDF), were prevented from participating in the 11 -day event.

The two actors appear in the Schnabel film full of stars, “In the Hand of Dante”, which opens in Venice on Wednesday. By the way, none of the actors should appear on the Red Carpet-Gadot was not even foreseen, according to the pre-Festival planning notes.

“I think there is no reason to boycott the artists. I selected these actors for their merits as actors, and they did an extraordinary job in the film, and this is everything,” said Schnabel, I was asked to press the actors for their political beliefs.

The director of the Festival, Alberto Barbera, told Reuters last week that Venice hosts the open debate, but rejected the requests for someone to be excluded from the Festival.

“In The Hand of Dante” accompanies the author Nick Tosches in a violent search to verify the origins of a manuscript that is believed to be both Dante’s “divine comedy”. By jumping between the 21st and twelfth centuries, the film intertwines the parallel life of Tusches and Dante, both played by the American actor Oscar Isaac.

The film is also starring Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa and Louis Cancelmi. The film is screened outside the competition in Venice and is not competing for the Golden Lion Award.

The American painter who became a director, Schnabel previously directed art films “The Esca and the Butterfly”, “Before sunset” and “in the Portal of eternity”.

Source: Terra

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