In the Hand of Dante , writer-director Julian Schnabel ‘s ambitious adaptation of the Nick Tosches novel that moves between the 14th and 21st centuries, received a 9 1/2-minute ovation after its world premiere Wednesday night at the Venice Film Festival.

Oscar Isaac stars in the pic alongside Al Pacino, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Jason Momoa , Louis Cancelmi, Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler and Franco Nero. Isaac, Momoa, Cancelmi and Nero were among the cast who attended tonight’s premiere at the Sala Grande.

Isaac and Schnabel exchanged hugs after the lights went up on the pic, which is playing in Venice’s Out of Competition lineup.

The novel and the film follow the story of the original manuscript for The Divine Comedy . Time and space collide in parallel lives spanning 70

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