A glamorous couple at the Venice Festival

As September begins we feel compelled to start our daily routines again, sometimes this month is a transition period, and we don´t know what lies in store for us. Perhaps, because of that, it is reassuring to know that some things are always the same , at least, with respect to films and festivals; these days the 74^th Venice International Film Festival is taking place in the Italian city and the oldest film festival has also turned into the most glamorous one if we have a look at the list of film stars that have walked along the red carpet in the opening ceremony and the premieres of the films that are being shown: Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore,  George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jennifer Lawrence, Michelle Pfeiffer, Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz …. but my favourite ones are Robert Redford and Jane Fonda who star in Our Souls at Night, a film which has been described as a moving autumn romance. The film is an adaptation of a novel by kent Haruf (1943-2014) , an American novelist who used to write novels of small-town life. Our Souls at Night has reunited Robert Redford and Jane Fonda on screen for the first time since 1979. Regardless of their age – R. Redford is 81 and J. Fonda is 79 – the actors still have the same kind of chemistry which turned them into one of the most attractive screen couples in the 60s and 70s thanks to films such as The Chase (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and The Electric Horseman (1979).  Our Souls at Night has been directed  by the Indian film-maker Ritesh Bartra and Redford is the producer of the film; he explained that he did it “in part because the youth-obsessed movie business doesn't make enough films for older audiences”.

Redford and Fonda  have received the Golden Lion, the lifetime-achievement award from the Venice Film Festival.

  Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in the poster for Barefoot in the Park 50 years ago.