The arrival is already a small show. He introduces himself: “Hello, I’m George. This is my wife Amal. In a dark suit, with the usual legendary smile on his face, arm in arm with amalhere you are George Clooney. Between the crazy photographers and the guests all walking towards us with champagne glasses in hand, the atmosphere immediately becomes different. The biggest star in Venice is not at the film festival: he is still in the lagoon, but at the Cini Foundation Diane von Fürstenberg Prize, the designer’s awards for women that celebrate other women. It’s the day of at the Lido Adam Driver, here at the Mostra in Barricadera version, with the attacks on Amazon and Netflix, which do not negotiate compensation with the actors’ union. And in this edition, with few stars having pulled out due to the strike, Clooney seems like an apparition of Hollywood’s holy savior, who has landed on San Giorgio Island to bring a bit of stardust and glamour.
Here he is actually meeting his wife Amal’s partner, one of the most respected human rights lawyers in the world, who receives the DVF Leadership Award for her work on behalf of victims of human rights violations around the world, including the Secretary General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed, the environmental and human rights activist Helena Gualinga. Guests include, among others Emma Thompson, Rita Ora And Nancy Pelosithe Speaker Emeritus of the American Congress.
George smiles, he seems very happy to be in Venice: “It’s beautiful, I got married here. First we took a tour of Amman, where our wedding reception was taking place. It is the most romantic city in the world. Then he kindly leaves the crime scene, looks around and asks us: “But where has my wife gone?” I lost it”. No, George, she wanted to greet Diane von Fürstenberg, who shakes everyone’s hand, laughs, jokes (“Tonight we save the world”) and speaks a strange Esperanto of Italian and English. Emma Thompson comes too, they compliment each other on their good looks, they make fun of each other a little, they hug, they make a joint Photo. Then George reaches Amal, they enter the awards ceremony: She will go on stage, he will be in the audience. And in her acceptance speech she gives him and all of us a declaration of love: “It all started here in Venice nine years ago. And now we are here together. This year there was no red carpet here on the island of San Giorgio, but a trail full of glamor and hearts.
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