VENICE, ITALY (AP) - Director Brian De Palma has returned to the Venice Film Festival after five years, and to the thriller genre after 20 years, with `’Passion.”
The movie is a murder mystery turning a power struggle between Christine, a business woman played by Rachel McAdams, and Isabel, her protege played by Noomi Rapace. The film makes its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Friday.
De Palma said `’Passion” is `’a woman’s film” and the actresses `’played off each other quite well.”
Rapace said she appreciated depicting a relationship between women that is not `’cute,” or `’just friends.”
De Palma was in Venice in 2007 with `’Redacted” and 2006 with the film noir `’The Black Dahlia.”
His last thriller was `’Raising Cain” in 1992.
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