The 79th Venice Film Festival is set to open with the world premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Netflix movie "White Noise", starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
It also stars Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin, and Lars Edinger.
The follows an American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.
"White Noise" is based on the book by Don DeLillo and written for the screen and directed by Baumbach. The project is produced by Baumbach, David Heyman, and Uri Singer.
The movie marks the first time a Netflix movie has opened the festival. It also marks Baumbach’s return to the Lido after he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.
"White Noise" will be screened Wednesday, August 31, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), on the opening night of the festival. Netflix has yet to set a release date.
The 79th Venice Film Festival runs from August 31-September 10.
It is organised by La Biennale di Venezia and directed by Alberto Barbera. The festival aims to raise awareness and promote international cinema in all its forms as art, entertainment, and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and dialogue.
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