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In the new Ridley Scott’s movie, the pop star will play the heiress condemned for the murder of her ex-husband, heir to the famous fashion house. After the triumph of “A Star is Born”, Lady Gaga returns to the cinema directed by Ridley Scott this time. The pop star will be the main character of the next film by the director of Blade Runner and The Gladiator in which she will play Patrizia Reggiani, Maurizio Gucci's ex-wife, condemned for the murder of the entrepreneur, grandson of Guccio Gucci, founder of the famous fashion house.

THE STORY The play will be based on «The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed», a book wrote by Sara Gay Forden which tell about the relationship between Patrizia Reggiani and the heir of the italian griffe, hit in broad daylight on the 25th March 1995 by three bullets while he climbed the stairs of his office in Palestro Street in Milan. The Judiciary arrested his wife, soon renamed by the italian press “The Black Widow” and condemned her as the istigator of the murder on 17th March 2000 at twenty-six years of imprisonment.

RETURNS TO THE CINEMA To play the heiress have been considerated many actress, including Angelina Jolie and Penélope Cruz but, at the end, Lady Gaga has been chosen. It’s no coincidence that the pop star has never hidden her will to continue her acting career after the success of “A Star is Born”, a movie that won eight Oscar nominations (including one for the best female main character for the pop star) and has saw her, for the first time, by Bradley Cooper side, with whom she recived the prestigious statuette for the best song assigned to the hit “Shallow”.

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express, closed with a star studded finale on Sunday with the International Premiere of The Irishman, which saw  legendary director Martin Scorsese reunite with  his equally legendary cast members; Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel at a spectacular gala presentation at Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square.

Audiences throughout the UK and Ireland enjoyed The Irishman’s red carpet action via satellite streaming of the closing night premiere to over 85 cinemas, followed by simultaneous preview screenings.

The 63rd edition welcomed over 868 International and British filmmakers to present their work at venues across the capital. The festival featured a diverse selection of 233 feature films from both established and emerging talent and hosted 28 World Premieres, 12 International Premieres and 32 European Premieres and welcomed a stellar line up of cast and crew for many of the films.

The Festival was widely applauded for its diversity and inclusion with 78 countries represented across short films and features and 40% of films directed or co-directed by women. Across all competitive categories, 60% were directed or co-directed by women.

At the annual BFI London Film Festival Awards on Saturday 12th October the LFF competition winners announced were:

MONOS – Alejandro Landes won the Official Competition (Best Film Award)

ATLANTICS – Mati Diop won the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award)

WHITE RIOT – Rubika Shah, won the Documentary Competition (Grierson Award)

FAULT LINE – Soheil Amirsharifi, won the Short Film Competition (Short Film Award)

Building on the success of last year’s new approach, placing audiences at the heart of the awards ceremony, the winning film from each competitive section was presented to the public as a surprise screening. At each sold-out screening, Festival Director Tricia Tuttle and respective Jury Presidents presented the winning film  their award on stage at the Vue, Leicester Square.

The juries were led by: acclaimed Colette and Still Alice director Wash Westmoreland, whose latest film Earthquake Bird world premiered in this year’s Festival; Austrian director Jessica Hausner, whose latest film Little Joe featured in this year’s Festival; the Oscar-nominated director of Strong Island, Yance Ford, and award-winning British film producer Jacqui Davies.