Birdman, a comedy directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (also known as the director of Biutiful (2010), 21 Grams (2003) and Amores perros (2000)), will open the 71st Venice Film Festival on August 27.
The story is about an almost forgotten film actor (played by Michael Keaton), who once played the iconic superhero Birdman, but now he has to overcome his ego and family problems to be able to play on Broadway again achieves past glory.
In addition to Michael Keaton, we will be entertained in the film by many other very famous names such as Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone and Zach Galifianakis.
Although the film has not even premiered at this year's festival Venice Film Festival, there are already whispers in the background about possible nominations for Oscars, as Birdman will also circulate quite nicely at other prestigious world film festivals.
