Casey Affleck returned to the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday with his latest directorial effort, Company, which earned a 4½-minute ovation following its debut screening inside the Sala Grande.
There was an enthusiastic response, but Affleck and the cast left as applause was ongoing, and it died off.
Star Nick Nolte got an extra-rousing cheer when he was presented at the beginning of the screening. Ben Affleck was there to support his brother. sitting beside the cast and clapping enthusiastically and filming audience below.
Directed by Affleck from a screenplay he wrote with Ron Hansen, Company opens on
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