Amanda Seyfried was overcome with emotion as her new film, “ The Testament of Ann Lee ,” directed by Mona Fastvold, shook Venice up with a 15-minute ovation – topping “Frankenstein” as the longest of the festival so far

Co-writer Brady Corbet worked the crowd while a visibly emotional Seyfried pumped her fists in the air as the cheers and applause stretched into its seventh minute. Fastvold, the co-writer of last year’s Silver Lion “The Brutalist” and three-time Oscar winner, beamed at the crowd, overwhelmed by the booming reception. By minute eight, Seyfried whispered to nobody in particular, “What are we supposed to be doing now?”

Most of the crowd in the orchestra dwindled after 10 minutes in, though the packed audience members in the balcony — including members of the production a

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