VENICE: The glitzy Venice film festival opened Wednesday with fury over the inclusion of controversial directors Roman Polanski and Nate Parker adding to criticism about a lack of women directors in the running for its top prize.
The rows threaten to take some of the sheen off a selection featuring a bumper crop of major stars including Brad Pitt, Meryl Streep and Scarlett Johansson at the festival.
The festival has two women out of 21 in the running for this year’s Golden Lion top prize.
This year the row over gender disparity has been compounded by a selection that has sparked particular fury — that of Polanski, who was convicted for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in 1978, and Parker, who was embroiled in a rape trial while at university.
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