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"It's such a spiritual place that the eclipse the characters make in the film couldn't really happen anywhere else, I think "A big influence on wanting to write the film is the city of New Orleans itself and the city of New Orleans is kind of a hotbed of writers, like William Faulkner to Tenessee Williams "New Orleans is a character itself in the film Streep said the film, released this summer in the US, "is being very well received at home, because it's such a time that (is) politically very charged and people have all the issues where money influences politics on their minds'' Ozon's film depicts five moments in the life of a modern young couple - five scenes running from separation, back through a dinner with friends, the birth of their child, their marriage and their first meeting I approached it with the idea I was going to try to shape the film like a film I did earlier, Silence of the Lambs,'' he said The taut psychological thriller, which stars Meryl Streep as a razor-tongued US senator, features Washington as an US army major suspicious of his experiences in Desert Storm Star power Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate - a story of money influencing politics was also well received It's something very vibrant, vital, evocative about the city,'' Gabel told reporters in Venice And it's such a sexy, dirty hot place to be, that I think it influenced all of us pretty much,'' said Johansson In pictures Directed by Shainee Gabel the movie tells the tale of misfit teenager Johansson returning to New Orleans on her mother's death to find Travolta and his protege-turned-biographer Lawson Pines, played by Gabriel Macht, living in her house '' The story of a three people's rediscovery of their past also features a strong performance from Johansson, who has already won the battle for Venice's hearts and minds with her stunning performance, as well as presence, in last year's festival with Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation Set against the sultry backdrop of New Orleans the movie sees the Pulp Fiction star effortlessly take on the role of an alcoholic, white-haired literature professor, complete with the classic drawl of America's deep south French director Francois Ozon's 5 x 2 (Cinq fois deux) is in the running for the prestigious Golden Lion after being when warmly received by critics at a preview It features strong performances from Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Stephane Freiss Scarlett and John pose for pictures in Venice / AFP Travolta's film, A Love Song for Bobby Long, is not running in the competition but the Hollywood actor's performance as an old drunk forced to face up to his past garnered much praise "I grew up on Tennessee Williams in plays and on screen so when Shainee submitted the script to me it seemed almost a contemporary Tennessee Williams to me Travolta, whose performance as a dying man has won rave reviews here, was taken by the script's literary references '' Johansson, not yet 20, is also on the jury given the task of choosing the recipient of the Golden Lion, the festival's best film of the 21 in competition Venice hails Hollywood hype September 03, 2004 A MOVIE starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson and a tale about failed love caught critics' eye at the 61st Venice International Film Festival overnight "I feel that Manchurian Candidate is first and foremost a thriller Demme denied the film had any particular political message in an election year 5 x 2 is one of three French films vying for the top prize at the world's oldest film festival