Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 79th edition with new films from Hong Sang-soo, Basil Da Cunha, Gurvinder Singh and Denis Côté in the main International Competition.
The festival, running from August 5 to 15, will open with a Piazza Grande world premiere for Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s The Green Eyes.
Following two children whose lives are turned upside down when their father abandons the family home to escape deportation, it is the directorial duo’s second feature after their 2020 breakout Gagarine.
Other Piazza Grande highlights include The Invite, with director and co-star Olivia Wilde
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