Italy hogged the limelight at the Venice film festival as "Cinema Paradiso" director Giuseppe Tornatore took to the red carpet Wednesday with the leading lights of his Italian epic Sicilian drama "Baaria."
Fellow Sicilians Francesco Scianna and Margareth Made, the stars in a cast of thousands that included some 35,000 extras, accompanied Tornatore into the gala opening-night screening.
The first Italian opener in two decades at the grande dame of international film festivals is a love saga set in the town where the Oscar-winning "Cinema Paradiso" director grew up.
Also attending the gala was Pier Silvio Berlusconi, son of the Italian prime minister and vice president of the family media empire Mediaset.
In all more than 80 films will be presented at the prestigious festival, which has a strong American presence both in and out of competition. Venice rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday for a gala evening to open its annual film festival, a 10-day extravaganza in which a record 24 feature films are vying for the coveted Golden Lion award.
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