Before receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday, George Clooney enjoyed a romantic date night with his wife Amal at their wedding venue in Venice.
Amal, 48, was dressed for the occasion in a white wedding dress, reminiscent of a fringed dress by Giambattista Valli that she wore in the city a year ago for dinner with her husband, 65, at the seven-star Aman Venice hotel.
The human rights lawyer beamed as she and George left the hotel to catch a water taxi.
George also dressed up on the eve of his Lifetime Achievement Award, in a smart gray suit.
The Aman Venice hotel, located on the canal and offering stunning views of the city, was the setting for the Clooneys’ star-studded wedding 12 years ago.
The hotel opened in 2013 in the 450-year-old Palazzo Papadopoli and offers rooms ranging in price from £1,000 to £3,200 per night.
Before receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday, George Clooney enjoyed a romantic date night with his wife Amal at the wedding venue in Venice
This year it won’t be just another Venice Film Festival for George, as he will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Last year he attended the festival to promote his film Jay Kelly, in which he plays a movie star who travels to Italy for a Lifetime Achievement Award.
So life will imitate art this year as he receives the Golden Lion on Wednesday – the opening day of the event.
In the nearly 30 years since he attended his first Venice Film Festival George has become a fixture at the event with the film Out Of Sight.
It’s a place where he’s had many important moments, from his marriage to Amal to the debut of Good Night, And Good Luck, which he co-wrote and starred in, and for which he was nominated for his first Oscar for Best Director.
The red carpet events kick off on Wednesday with the premiere of British director Danny Boyle’s Ink, a drama about the rise of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
It closes on September 12 with the Italian costume drama Dio Ride (God Laughs), written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi.
Stars expected to attend this year include Oasis’ Noel and Liam Gallagher, sisters Rooney and Kate Mara, Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem, Pamela Anderson, Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, French actor Louis Garrel, South Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong and American actress Ellen Burstyn, who will also receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Before receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday, George Clooney enjoyed a romantic date night with his wife Amal at the wedding venue in Venice
The Clooneys may have been staying at their Lake Como home to escape the July wildfires that devastated southern France, where the couple has their main residence.
The family lives in Brignoles, located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, which was threatened by fires that spread across France, Greece, Italy and Spain.
In a letter to Brignoles mayor Didier Brémond, George revealed that he and his loved ones had evacuated their home. People at the time.
The actor has reportedly vowed to support the city, which has a population of just under 18,000, regardless of the impact of the advancing fires.
“Dear Didier, At this moment we have no idea whether our beautiful home will withstand this terrible moment,” the Hollywood veteran began.
“As we evacuate Brignoles, we want to emphasize two things: first, we hope that you and the people of our town are safe and second, that Amal and I are committed to ensuring that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we will be part of making it whole,” he wrote.
“We love Brignoles and our friends who live there.”
