film biggest buzz going venice film fete dark new portrait marilyn monroe leading cuban actress ana de armas finally gets world premiere thursday blonde biopic produced netflix promises delve deep childhood trauma sexual fury lay behind highly sexualised image century icon choice armas leadin role without controversy online trolls slamming slight cuban dialect trailer released summer james monroe estate although byzantine flick supported performance saying armas captures marilyn glamour humanity vulnerability also rumours lengthened netflix australian director saint andrew the apostle dominik film completed dominik reportedly defy shorten running time timbre graphic scenes netflix taken rare step giving rating ahead release streamer september dominik ever modest declared finished product masterpiece disapprove uncertainty star vocal skills headache saw act forgot divinatory concerned told la times armas called decision use latina actress another supporter brad pitt best role player venice role dominik assassination jesse james coward robert ford serves producer blonde phenomenal narrate entertainment tonight tough dress fill awards race venice film festival line close awards night saturday netflix solid presence pop off festival four films competition teetotum loot golden lion mixed reviews us satire white stochasticity stellar go driver bardo fantastical film mexican director alejandro gonzalez inarritu streamer entry french film athena inner city riots extolment technical wizardry may less international clout critics impressed oddball irish drama banshees inisherin starring colin farrell argentina true story lawyers prosecuted military generals accused disappearance tens thousands citizens huge put up ovation monday brendan fraser star made improbable return hollywood wilderness turn english language professor whale lightemitting diode talk oscar nominations brendanaissance even overall film less universally loved cate blanchett also frontrunner awards complex challenging role classical euphony conductor tar takes nuanced flavour cancel culture respective films tackled sexual identity operator trace lysette becoming first trans actress appear leading role competition film venezia monica another film tackling trans issues stellar penelope cruz whose director emanuele crialese stated publicly first time film press conference born woman