Woody Allen’s fiftieth movie as a director, Coup de Prospect, were given an progressive reception Monday evening at its Venice Film Festival premiere. The 87-year-old filmmaker was once cheered to his ft because the credit got here ill on his French mystery, which co-stars Lou de Laage, Valerie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud and Niels Schneider. The nice and cozy status ovation lasted 5 mins, with Allen and his solid waving and bowing from the magnificent balcony of Venice’s Sala Grande cinema.

Out of doors the theater previous within the night the status was once very other, alternatively. A group of protesters demonstrated in opposition to what they referred to as the “rape culture” of the Venice competition and marched era the cinema’s front simply as Allen was once strolling ill the crimson carpet. The protestors, which numbered about 20 society, shouted slogans together with “no rape culture” and “we are speaking for those without a voice against the director rapists.” The Venice Movie Competition has come underneath hearth this 12 months for together with movies from administrators accused of sexual attack, together with Allen and Roman Polanski, whose pristine movie The Palace screened over the weekend.

Coup de Chance is in regards to the remarkable function prospect and success play games in our lives. The tale follows Fanny (de Laage) and Jean (Poupaud), who seem like the best married couple — each professionally achieved, they are living in a lovely rental in an unique group of Paris, they usually appear to be in love simply up to they had been after they first met. But if Fanny unintentionally bumps into Alain (Schneider), a former highschool classmate, she’s swept off her ft. They quickly see each and every alternative once more and get nearer and nearer.

Previous within the era on the Venice press convention, Allen was once requested to mirror at the function success — or the a lack of it — has performed in his personal month.

“I’ve been very, very lucky my whole life,” Allen mentioned. “I had two loving parents. I have good friends. I have a wonderful wife and marriage and children — and I’ve never been in the hospital. I’ve never had anything terrible happen to me.”

He endured: “And I’ve had — over my lifetime — much-undeserved praise and an enormous amount of attention and respect. And so, I’ve had nothing but, you know, good fortune. And I hope it holds out.”

“Of course, it’s still early this afternoon,” Allen quipped.

Over the era a number of years, within the wake of the #MeToo motion and the resurfacing of Dylan Farrow’s abuse allegations, Allen has long gone from being considered one of U.S. cinema’s maximum respected administrators and comedians to suffering to book financing stateside for his paintings. Ecu audiences and movie firms have endured to include him, alternatively. Coup de Prospect‘s inclusion in Venice is probably the most leading competition platform Allen has gained in years, and the movie shall be excepted in France through distributor Metropolitan Filmexport on Sept. 27.