The 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival opens this afternoon with the traditional concert and the screening of Armenian director Tamara Stepanyan's film on the Piazza Grande. The usual film concert in collaboration with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (OSI), conducted by Philippe Béran, will take place at 3:30 p.m. at the Palexpo FEVI. The orchestra will accompany the silent film The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) by Henry King. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The screen on the Piazza Grande will light up at 21:30 with Le Pays d'Arto, the first fiction film by Armenian filmmaker Tamara Stepanyan, who lives in France. In the film, French actress Camille Cottin plays the role of Céline who is on a journey through Armenia where she discovers the truth about her husband's death, but also a country scarred by conflict and war. Once again this year in Locarno there will be big international names, such as star Jackie Chan, who will receive the ...
