The 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival, which will take place from August 27 to September 6, has announced its highly anticipated Venice Classics section, which this year will include 18 restored titles by major masters of world cinema. Among the highlights are Matador (1986) by Pedro Almodóvar, Lolita (1962) by Stanley Kubrick, and House of Strangers (1949) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Matador, the erotic thriller that marked a key moment in Almodóvar’s career, explores violence and sexuality in the bullfighting world through the story of a young bullfighter played by Antonio Banderas. Quentin Tarantino himself has cited this film as one of his influences. Alongside Almodóvar, the European lineup of Venice Classics will feature Manoel de Oliveira’s first feature film, Aniki-Bóbó; the French noir classic Quai des brumes by Marcel Carné, starring Jean Gabin and Michèle Morgan, which won a prize in Venice in 1938; and Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Blind Chance, a work that foreshadowed his renowned Decalogue.

Among the American titles, highlights include Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, starring James Mason and Sue Lyon; Delmer Daves’ 1957 western 3:10 to Yuma—whose more recent version was directed by James Mangold in 2007; the lesser-known The Delicate Delinquent starring Jerry Lewis; and Mankiewicz’s House of Strangers, with Edward G. Robinson playing an Italian-American banker, a role that earned him the Best Actor prize at Cannes in 1949.

From Asia, a standout is Vive l’amour by Tsai Ming-Liang, an exploration of urban alienation that won the Golden Lion in Venice in 1994.

“The Venice Classics lineup seeks each year to broaden its perspective: to celebrate the great milestones and undisputed masters in film history, but also to discover—or rediscover—works and filmmakers unfairly relegated to the shadows,” said the festival’s artistic director, Alberto Barbera, in a statement. The jury, made up of film students and chaired by filmmaker Tommaso Santambrogio (Taxibol, Oceans Are the Real Continents), will award prizes for both best restoration and best documentary about cinema. The selection of documentaries will be announced on July 22 along with the rest of the official lineup.

Programación completa: 

“Matador,” by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain, 1986, 102’, Colour) – restored by: Video Mercury Films

“Bashú, The Little Stranger,” by Bahran Beyzai (Iran, 1986, 120’, Colour) – restored by: Roashana Studios with the support of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon) presented by mk2 Films

“Le Quai des Brumes” (“Port of Shadows”) by Marcel Carné (France, 1938, 92’, B/W) –
restored by: Studiocanal and la Cinémathèque française with the support of the Centre national du Cinéma et de l’image animée and Chanel

“3:10 to Yuma,” by Delmer Daves (U.S. 1957, 92’, B/W) – restored by: Sony Pictures Entertainment

“Aniki-Bóbo” by Manoel De Oliveira (Portugal, 1942,72’, B/W) – restored by: Cinemateca Portuguesa – Museu do Cinema

“Roma Ore 11” by Giuseppe De Santis (Italy, 1952, 105’,B/W)
restored by: Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale

“Lo Spettro” (“The Ghost”) by Riccardo Freda (Italy, 1963, 95’,Colour) – restored by: Severin Films

“Mark Of The Renegade,” by Hugo Fregonese (U.S. 1951, 81’, Colour) – restored by: Universal Pictures

“Kagi” (“Odd Obsession”) by Kon Ichikawa (Japan, 1959, 107’, Colour) – restored by: Kadokawa Corporation

“Blind Chance” by Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland, 1981, 123’, Colour) restored by: DI Factory

“Kaidan” (“Kwaidan”) by Masaki Kobayashi (Japan, 1965, 183’, Colour) – restored by: Toho

“Lolita” by Stanley Kubrick (U.S., 1962, 153’,B/W) – restored by: The Criterion Collection, Warner Bros.

“House of Strangers,” by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (U.S. 1949, 101’, B/W) – restored by: Walt DisneyStudios, The Film Foundation

“The Delicate Delinquent,” by Don Mcguire (U.S. 1957, 101’, B/W) – restored by: Paramount

“Il Magnifico Cornuto,” by Antonio Pietrangeli (Italy, France,1964, 124’, B/W) – restored by: Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Compass Film

“Do Bigha Zamin” (“Two Acres of Land”) by Bimal Roy (India, 1953, 120’, B/W)
restored by: Film Heritage Foundation – India, The Criterion Collection

“Ti ho sposato per allegria” (“I Married You For Fun”) by LUCIANO SALCE (Italy, 1967, 102’, Colour) –
restored by: Cinecittà S.p.A.

“Aiquing Wansui” (“Vive L’amour”) by by Tsai Ming-Liang (Taipei, 1994, 119’, Colour) – restored by: Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute