Vienna kicks off two-week film festival

VIENNA (AFP) - Viennas annual film festival, the Viennale, kicked off Thursday evening, promising over 200 movies and documentaries and guest stars like director David Cronenberg and legend Harry Belafonte. The two-week event opened its 49th edition with Finnish director Aki Kaurismakis film Le Havre and will close on November 2 with George Clooneys political drama The Ides of March, one of the hits at this years Venice Film Festival.

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